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Elishakoff, Isaac was born on February 9, 1944 in Kutaisi, Georgia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Bentzlon and Margaret Leah (Taronishvili) Elishakoff. came to the United States, 1989.
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Practicing engineers and students of aeronautic and applied mechanics will develop a solid conceptual background in the theory of structures with this easy-to-understand introduction to probabilistic methods. No previous knowledge of the theory of probability and random processes is required. The text/reference provides a thorough overview, starting with elements of the theory of probability from two or more random variables and proceeding to an examination of the reliability of such multivariable structures. Further, it introduces the theory of random function, focusing on random vibration of single- and multi-degree-of freedom structures and continuous systems, and presents the Monte Carlo method for treating problems incapable of exact solution. Chapters 1 through 7 are suitable for a one-semester, first-level undergraduate course, while the material in chapters 8 through 11 is appropriate for the analytically minded senior and graduate student. The text can also be used for a graduate course on random vibration and buckling and as a reference by practicing engineers and research workers. Numerous examples, with illustrative figures, clarify the well-written text; and many exercises are provided with each chapter to facilitate the reader's grasp of the subject.
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The first edition of this book appeared over three decades ago (Wiley-Interscience, 1983), whereas the second one saw light on the verge of new millennium (Dover, 1999). This is third, corrected and expanded edition that appears in conjunction with its companion volume Probabilistic Methods in the Theory of Structures: Complete Worked-Through Solutions. Thus, the reader is able to both get acquainted with the theoretical material and be able to master some of the problems, following Chinese dictum: I hear and I forget. I see and I remember. I do and I understand — Confucius. The main idea of the book lies in the fact that three topics: probabilistic strength of materials, random vibrations, and probabilistic buckling are presented in a single package allowing one to see the forest in between the trees. Indeed, these three topics usually are presented in separate manners, in different specialized books. Here, the reader gets a feeling of true unity of the subject at large in order to appreciate that in the end what one wants is reliability of the structure, in conjunction with its operating conditions. As the author describes in the Preface of the second edition, this book was not conceived ab initio, as a book that author strived to compose. Rather, it was forced, as it were, upon me due to two reasons. One was rather a surprising but understandable requirement in the venerable Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands to prepare the lecture notes for students with the view of reducing skyrocketing costs of acquisition of textbooks by the students. The other one was an unusually warm acceptance of the notes that the author prepared while at Delft University of Technology and later in Haifa, at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology by the legendary engineering scientist Warner Tjardus Koiter (1914–1997). The energy necessary to prepare the second and third editions came from enthusiastic reviews that appeared in various sources. Author embraced the simplicity of exposition as the main virtue following Isaac Newton's view that "Truth is ever to be found in simplicity, and not in the multiplicity and confusion of things." Readership: Researchers and academics interested in the theory of structures.
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In many applications composite structures are subjected to vibration which strongly influences service performance and life. This is the first systematic pre- sentation of the problems of and analytical techniques for random vibration and its effect on different types of composite structures.
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Elishakoff, Isaac was born on February 9, 1944 in Kutaisi, Georgia, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Bentzlon and Margaret Leah (Taronishvili) Elishakoff. came to the United States, 1989.
Bachelor, Moscow Energetics Institute, Moscow, 1962; Master of Science, Moscow Energetics Institute, 1968; Doctor of Philosophy, Moscow Energetics Institute, 1971.
Lecturer, Abhazian U., Sukhumi, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1971;
from lecturer to professor, Technion U., Haifa, Israel, 1972-1989;
with, Florida Atlantic U., Boca Raton. Lecturer Delft (The Netherlands) U. Technology, 1979-1980, visiting professor, 1990, 92.; visiting chair, professor of University Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, 1985-1986.
Vis.prof. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California, 1987. Castiliagno Distinguished professor of University Palermo, Italy, 1992. President Institute Uncertainty Modelling, Inc., Delray Beach, Florida.
Distinguished lecturer American Society Mech. Engineers 1996-1997.
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Fellow American Academy Mechanics, Japan Society Promotion of Science.
Married Esther Papijmado, July 22, 1949. Children: Bentzion, Orly.
