EQUIVALENT LINEARIZATION METHOD BASED ON ENERGY-TO-cTH-POWER DIFFERENCE CRITERION IN NON- LINEAR STOCHASTIC VIBRATION ANALYSIS OF MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS

Basic equations of energy_to_ cth_power difference criterion were derived for multi_degree_of_freedom(MDOF) systems subjected to stationary Gaussian excitations with non_zero mean. Modal transform technique was used in order to reduce unknowns. Main computational formulae were presented and suggested values of c were given. Numerical results show that the method of this paper prevails over equation difference criterion both in accuracy and in simplicity.