TSM for visco-elastic structures

The local TSM model for visco-elastic materials can also be employed for finite structures. To this end, it is evaluated for each integration point within a finite element routine. It is also possible to find analytic formulas for the expectation value and the standard deviation of each component of the reaction force. The numerical extra costs are less than 5% needed for a deterministic finite element simulation. Considering a minimum number of 400 finite element computations for a Monte Carlo simulation reveals that TSM provides a fast yet accurate procedure for the modeling of visco-elastic components with stochastic properties.