Prediction of the response of nonlinear oscillators under stochastic parametric and external excitations (Q1084953)

The method of equivalent external excitation is derived to predict the stationary variances of the states of nonlinear oscillators subjected to both stochastic parametric and external excitations. The oscillator is interpreted as one which is excited solely by an external zero-mean stochastic process. The Fokker-Planck-Kolmogorov equation is then applied to solve for the density functions and match the stationary variances of the states. Four examples which include polynomial, non-polynomial, and Duffling type nonlinear oscillators are used to illustrate this approach. The validity of the present approach is compared with some exact solutions and with Monte Carlo simulations.