| Preface | 6 |
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| Acknowledgements | 7 |
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| Contents | 8 |
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| Reduced-Order Models | 13 |
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| 1 Model Reduction Techniques for Structural Dynamic Analyses | 14 |
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| 1.1 Structural Model | 14 |
| 1.2 Substructure Modes | 15 |
| 1.2.1 Fixed-Interface Normal Modes | 16 |
| 1.2.2 Interface Constraint Modes | 16 |
| 1.3 Reduced-Order Model: Standard Formulation | 18 |
| 1.3.1 Transformation Matrix | 18 |
| 1.3.2 Reduced-Order Matrices | 21 |
| 1.4 Reduced-Order Model: Improved Formulation | 22 |
| 1.4.1 Static Correction | 22 |
| 1.4.2 Improved Transformation Matrix | 24 |
| 1.4.3 Enhanced Reduced-Order Matrices | 26 |
| 1.4.4 Remarks on the Use of Residual Modes | 26 |
| 1.5 Numerical Implementation: Pseudo-Code No. 1 | 27 |
| 1.6 Global Interface Reduction | 29 |
| 1.6.1 Interface Modes | 29 |
| 1.6.2 Reduced-Order Matrices Based on Dominant Fixed-Interface Modes | 30 |
| 1.6.3 Reduced-Order Matrices Based on Residual Fixed-Interface Modes | 32 |
| 1.7 Numerical Implementation: Pseudo-Code No. 2 | 33 |
| 1.8 Local Interface Reduction | 35 |
| 1.9 Numerical Implementation: Pseudo-Code No. 3 | 37 |
| 1.10 Reduced-Order Model Response | 39 |
| References | 41 |
| 2 Parametrization of Reduced-Order Models Based on Normal Modes | 43 |
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| 2.1 Motivation | 43 |
| 2.2 Parametrization Scheme | 44 |
| 2.2.1 Substructure Matrices | 44 |
| 2.2.2 Normal Modes and Interface Constraint Modes | 45 |
| 2.3 Parametrization of Reduced-Order Matrices | 46 |
| 2.3.1 Unreduced Matrices | 47 |
| 2.3.2 Transformation Matrix TD | 47 |
| 2.3.3 Reduced-Order Matrices D and D | 48 |
| 2.3.4 Transformation Matrix TR | 49 |
| 2.3.5 Reduced-Order Matrices R and R | 51 |
| 2.3.6 Expansion of R and R Under Partial Invariant Conditions of TR | 51 |
| 2.4 Numerical Implementation: Pseudo-Code No. 4 | 53 |
| References | 55 |
| 3 Parametrization of Reduced-Order Models Based on Global Interface Reduction | 58 |
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| 3.1 Meta-Model for Global Interface Modes | 58 |
| 3.1.1 Baseline Information | 59 |
| 3.1.2 Approximation of Interface Modes | 59 |
| 3.1.3 Determination of Interpolation Coefficients | 61 |
| 3.1.4 Higher-Order Approximations | 62 |
| 3.1.5 Support Points | 63 |
| 3.2 Numerical Implementation: Pseudo-Code No. 5 | 63 |
| 3.3 Reduced-Order Matrices Based on Global Interface Reduction | 66 |
| 3.3.1 Transformation Matrix TDI | 66 |
| 3.3.2 Reduced-Order Matrices DI and DI | 67 |
| 3.3.3 Transformation Matrix TRI | 68 |
| 3.3.4 Reduced-Order Matrices RI and RI | 68 |
| 3.3.5 Expansion of RI and RI Under Global Invariant Conditions of TRI | 69 |
| 3.4 Numerical Implementation: Pseudo-Code No. 6 | 70 |
| 3.5 Treatment of Local Interface Modes | 72 |
| 3.6 Final Remarks | 73 |
| References | 74 |
| Application to Reliability Problems | 75 |
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| 4 Reliability Analysis of Dynamical Systems | 76 |
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| 4.1 Motivation | 76 |
| 4.2 Reliability Problem Formulation | 77 |
| 4.3 Reliability Estimation | 78 |
| 4.3.1 General Remarks | 78 |
| 4.3.2 Basic Ideas | 79 |
| 4.3.3 Failure Probability Estimator | 80 |
| 4.4 Numerical Implementation | 81 |
| 4.4.1 Basic Implementation | 81 |
| 4.4.2 Implementation Issues | 82 |
| 4.5 Stochastic Model for Excitation | 82 |
| 4.5.1 General Description | 82 |
| 4.5.2 High-Frequency Components | 83 |
| 4.5.3 Pulse Components | 83 |
| 4.5.4 Synthesis of Near-Field Ground Motions | 84 |
| 4.5.5 Seismicity Model | 85 |
| 4.6 Application Problem No. 1 | 86 |
| 4.6.1 Model Description and Substructures Characterization | 86 |
| 4.6.2 Reduced-Order Model Based on Dominant Fixed-Interface Normal Modes | 87 |
| 4.6.3 Reduced-Order Model Based on Dominant and Residual Fixed-Interface Normal Modes | 91 |
| 4.6.4 Reduced-Order Model Based on Interface Reduction | 93 |
| 4.6.5 Reliability Problem | 96 |
| 4.6.6 Remarks on the Use of Reduced-Order Models | 98 |
| 4.6.7 Support Points | 99 |
| 4.6.8 Reliability Results | 100 |
| 4.6.9 Computational Cost | 102 |
| 4.7 Application Problem No. 2 | 103 |
| 4.7.1 Structural Model | 103 |
| 4.7.2 Definition of Substructures | 105 |
| 4.7.3 System Reliability | 110 |
| 4.7.4 Results | 112 |
| 4.7.5 Computational Effort | 114 |
| References | 115 |
| 5 Reliability Sensitivity Analysis of Dynamical Systems | 119 |
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| 5.1 Motivation | 119 |
| 5.2 Reliability Sensitivity Analysis Formulation | 120 |
| 5.3 Sensitivity Measure | 120 |
| 5.4 Failure Probability Function Representation | 121 |
| 5.5 Sensitivity Estimation | 122 |
| 5.6 Sensitivity Versus Threshold | 123 |
| 5.7 Particular Cases | 124 |
| 5.8 Appli
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