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Stochastic methods for floor slab analysis

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Si descrivono metodi stocastici di soluzione per problemi quasi statici nella mcccanica dei continui elastici con particolare riguardo a lastre di cemento. L'approccio elastostatico dimostra la sintesi dei sistemi per mezzo della tecnica di Monte Carlo e permette l'introduzione sia di metodi di riduzione di varianza sia di correlazione seriale ed incrociata di densità probabilistiche per i carichi, la risposta dei materiali, ecc..

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Stochastic methods of solution are described for quasistatic problems in elastic continuum mechanics with particular reference to concrete slabs. The elastostatic approach demonstrates system synthesis via the Monte Carlo technique and permits incorporation of variance reducing methods as well as serial — and cross — correlation of probabilistic density functions for loading, material response, etc.

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Muspratt, M.A. Stochastic methods for floor slab analysis. Meccanica 9, 36–42 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02154420

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