The Stochastic Response of a Class of Impact Systems Calculated by a New Strategy Based on Generalized Cell Mapping Method

In this paper, a new strategy based on generalized cell mapping (GCM) method will be introduced to investigate the stochastic response of a class of impact systems. Significant difference of the proposed procedure lies in the choice of a novel impact-to-impact mapping, which is built to calculate the one-step transition probability matrix, and then, the probability density functions (PDFs) of the stochastic response can be obtained. The present strategy retains the characteristics of the impact systems, and is applicable to almost all types of impact systems indiscriminately. Further discussion proves that our strategy is reliable for different white noise excitations. Numerical simulations verify the efficiency and accuracy of the suggested strategy.