Dynamics of structures
Schedule:
Lectures: Saturday, Monday; 7:30-9:00
Office Hours: Saturday;12:30-13:00
Grading:
Homework 15%
Mid-term exam 35%
Final exam 50%
Exam dates:
Mid-term: 1393/09/12 - 8:00-11:00am
Final: 1393/10/24 - 9:00-12:00
Lecture Topics:
Overview of Structural Dynamics
Single Degree Of Freedom (SDOF) Systems
o Equation of
Motion
o Free Vibration Analysis
o Response to Harmonic Excitations
o Response to Pulse and Arbitrary Excitations
o Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response
o Response of Linear Systems to Earthquake
Excitations
o Response of Non-linear Systems to Earthquake
Excitations
Generalized SDOF Systems
Multi Degree Of Freedom (MDOF) Systems
o Equations of
Motion
o Evaluation of Structural-Property Matrices
o Free Vibration Analysis
o Forced Vibration Analysis Using Mode
Superposition Method
o Damping Models
o Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems
Texts:
1-Dynamics of Structures, Theory and Application
to Earthquake Engineering, Anil K. Chopra,
Prentice Hall, 4th Edition, 2006
2-Dynamics of Structures, R.W. Clough and J.
Penzien,
McGraw Hill, 2nd Edition, 1993, McGraw Hill, 2nd
Edition, 1993
3-Dynamics of Structures, J.L. Humar, Prentice
Hall, 1990
Lecture Notes
HWs
HW#1
HW#2
due on Saturday 24/8/93
HW#3
due on Monday 3/9/93 -
El
Centro
HW#4
due on Saturday 29/9/93
HW#5
due on Monday 8/10/93
HW#6
