Miles' Equation in Random Vibrations

1 Introduction. - 2 Miles Equation. - 3 Static equivalent of Miles Equation. - 4 Random Vibration Load Factors. - 5 Notching & Mass Participation. - 6 Acoustic and Random Vibration Test Tailoring. - 7 Preliminary Predictions of Loads Induced by Acoustic Environment. - 8 Dynamic Response of Shell Structures to Random Acoustic Excitation, SDOF approximation. - 9 Equivalence Random and Sinusoidal Vibration. - 10 Characterisation and Synthesis of Random Acceleration Vibration Specifications. - 11 Example problems. - A Random Response SDOF System. - B Quasi-Static, Random and Acoustic Loads. - C Simulation of the Random Time Series. - D Computation of SRS. - E Application Rayleigh Quotient. - F Random Fatigue Estimation. - G John Wilder Miles (1920-2008).