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Dynamics of Structures : Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering,9780138552145
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Dynamics of Structures : Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering

by Chopra, Anil K.
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9780138552145

ISBN10:
0138552142
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Hardcover
Pub. Date:
4/1/1995
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Summary

Textbook for courses on dynamics of structures, either at the senior or 1st-year graduate level. The emphasis is on the physics of the problem and interpreting the response of structures to dynamic excitation. There is strong coverage of earthquake engineering.

Table of Contents

SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS
Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods
Simple Structures
Single-Degree-of-Freedom System
Force-Displacement Relation
Damping Force
Equation of Motion: External Force
Mass-Spring-Damper System
Equation of Motion: Earthquake Excitation
Problem Statement and Element Forces
Combining Static and Dynamic Responses
Methods of Solution of the Differential Equation
Study of SDF Systems: Organization
Appendix 1: Stiffness Coefficients for a Flexural Element
Free Vibration
Undamped Free Vibration
Viscously Damped Free Vibration
Energy in Free Vibration
Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration
Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations
Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results
Harmonic Vibration of Undamped Systems
Harmonic Vibration with Viscous Damping
Viscously Damped Systems: Applications
Response to Vibration Generator
Natural Frequency and Damping from Harmonic Tests
Force Transmission and Vibration Isolation
Response to Ground Motion and Vibration Isolation
Vibration-Measuring Instruments
Energy Dissipated in Viscous Damping
Equivalent Viscous Damping
Systems with Nonviscous Damping
Harmonic Vibration with Rate-Independent Damping
Harmonic Vibration with Coulomb Friction
Response to Periodic Excitation
Fourier Series Representation
Response to Periodic Force
Appendix 3: Four-Way Logarithmic Graph Paper
Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations
Response to Arbitrarily Time-Varying Forces
Response to Unit Impulse
Response to Arbitrary Force
Response to Step and Ramp Forces
Step Force
Ramp or Linearly Increasing Force
Step Force with Finite Rise Time
Response to Pulse Excitations
Solution Methods
Rectangular Pulse Force
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