کد مقاله | کد نشریه | سال انتشار | مقاله انگلیسی | نسخه تمام متن |
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804399 | 904947 | 2009 | 4 صفحه PDF | دانلود رایگان |
The mean time to escape from a region of desired operations is one the basic reliability measures in stochastic dynamics. In general, a precise solution of the first-exit time problem is unavailable. This paper demonstrates an exact solution of the mean exit time problem for a multidimensional non-dissipative Lagrangian system excited by additive Gaussian white noise. We identify the Fokker–Planck equation whose solution characterizes the mean time needed to reach a critical energy and explicitly construct the solution. For illustration, we apply the developed theory to engineering examples. We calculate the mean time of the standard operation for a flexural nanotube with likely noise-induced buckling and analyze the mean time of the stable functioning for a gyroscope subjected to random and dissipation torques. It is demonstrated that the solution of the first-exit time problem for a non-dissipative system gives a quite good approximation to a numerical solution of a similar problem for a system with small dissipation.
Journal: Probabilistic Engineering Mechanics - Volume 24, Issue 3, July 2009, Pages 463–466