PROBABILISTIC ENGINEERING MECHANICS

This journal provides a forum for scholarly work dealing primarily with probabilistic and statistical approaches to contemporary solid/structural and fluid mechanics problems encountered in diverse technical disciplines such as aerospace, civil, marine, mechanical, and nuclear engineering. The journal aims to maintain a healthy balance between general solution techniques and problem-specific results, encouraging a fruitful exchange of ideas among disparate engineering specialities.From time to time, review papers will be published to provide research and development oriented readers with state-of-the-art analyses of various areas of current interest. In addition, occasional papers of tutorial nature help enhance practice oriented readers' knowledge of the basic probabilistic and statistical techniques that are essential in present-day engineering practice design.In consultation with the editors, distinguished members of the probabilistic mechanics community may serve as guest editors for a special issue dedicated to a particular theme.Fields Covered:Aerospace engineering:? Damage-tolerant and durability design of aircraft? Load spectra characterisation? Random vibration of aerospace structuresCivil engineering:? Geotechnical applications? Natural hazards such as earthquakes, hurricanes, and waves? Stochastic fluid mechanics/hydrology? Structural response/control under natural hazardsMarine engineering:? Offshore structures response to wind-induced waves? Ship motion in a random seaMechanical engineering:? Fatigue design? Mechanical systems response/control? Vehicle vibration? Vibration isolationNuclear engineering:? Probabilistic risk assessment? Structural and equipment response to accidental loadsCommon to all disciplines:? Composite materials? Damage mechanics? Monte Carlo simulation? Random fields? Stochastic finite elements? Stochastic optimization? System reliability.

这本杂志提供了一个学术工作的论坛，主要处理当代固体/结构和流体力学问题的概率和统计方法，在不同的技术学科，如航空航天，民用，海洋，机械和核工程遇到。该杂志旨在保持通用解决方案技术和特定问题结果之间的健康平衡，鼓励不同的工程专业之间进行富有成效的思想交流。我们会不时发表评论文章，为以研究及发展为导向的读者提供最新的分析报告，内容涉及当前感兴趣的各个领域。此外，偶尔的辅导性论文有助于提高面向实践的读者对基本概率和统计技术的知识，这些是当今工程实践设计中必不可少的。在与编辑协商后，概率力学社区的杰出成员可以作为特刊的特邀编辑，特刊的主题是特定的。领域涵盖:航空航天工程:?飞机的耐损伤和耐久性设计?负载谱特征?航空航天结构的随机振动土木工程:?岩土工程应用?地震、飓风和海浪等自然灾害?随机流体力学/水文学?自然灾害下的结构响应/控制海洋工程:?海上结构对风致波浪的响应?船舶在随机海洋中的运动机械工程:?疲劳设计?机械系统响应/控制?车辆振动振动隔离?核能工程:?概率风险评估?结构和设备对意外负载的响应所有学科共有:?复合材料?损伤力学?蒙特卡罗模拟随机领域??随机有限元?随机优化?系统可靠性。