Author Description

This volume comprises a collection of papers presented at the 5th International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics which was held in Rhodes, Greece on June 21-23, 2006. The papers have been A01ed/co-A01ed by individuals reflecting rich thematic and geographical diversity. This conference was the sequel to the 4th International Conference on Computational Stochastic Mechanics which was held in Kerkyra, Greece on June 9-12, 2002. Previous conferences were held in Corfu (1991), Athens (1994), and Santorini (1998); Greece. This series of conferences have been established as a forum for advancing the status of computational methods as they apply to stochastic mechanics. The papers address themes in: Aerospace Engineering Characterization of Stochastic Materials: Micro- and Nano-Structure Damage and Fatigue Earthquake Engineering Ecosystems Engineering Geotechnical Engineering Health Monitoring of Structural Systems Linear and Nonlinear Random Vibrations Loss Estimation for Natural Hazards Monte Carlo Simulation Techniques Offshore Engineering Random Processes and Fields Reliability-Based Optimal Design Stochastic Finite Element Methods Structural Identification and Control Wind Engineering The volume will be of interest to practitioners and researchers employing stochastic methods for a broad class of problems in engineering and applied science.