Introduction to probability theory, random process. Excitation response relations for stationary random processes- single and multi-degree of freedom system with linear and non- linear characteristics, continuous systems. Failure due to random vibration in mechanical systems. Brief discussion on measurement and processing of random data.
Textbooks:
[1] D. E. Newland, An Introduction to Random Vibrations and Spectral Analysis, Second Ed., Longman Inc., NewYork, 1984
[2] N. C. Nigam, Introduction to Random Vibrations, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1983