RESEARCH ARTICLE
Equivalent Non-Linearization of Hysteretic Systems by Means of RPS
P. G. Asteris1, L. Cavaleri2, *, M.F. Ferrotto2
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2018Volume: 12
First Page: 319
Last Page: 333
Publisher ID: TOBCTJ-12-319
DOI: 10.2174/1874836801812010319
Article History:
Received Date: 3/7/2018Revision Received Date: 20/8/2018
Acceptance Date: 12/10/2018
Electronic publication date: 22/11/2018
Collection year: 2018

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Abstract
Background
The analysis of elastoplastic systems with hardening (Bouc-Wen systems) under stochastic (seismic) loads needs the evaluation of higher order statistics even in the simplest case of normal distributed input.
Objective
In this paper, a non-linearization technique is proposed in order to evaluate the moments of any order of the response.
Method
This technique is developed by means of a nonlinear class of systems whose statistics are a priori known. The parameters of such systems can be chosen in such a way that the two systems are equivalent in a wide sense.
Result & Conclusion
In the paper, the strategy to obtain the equivalence and the reliability of the results are discussed.