Structural dynamics for engineers

This text provides practising engineers with an introduction to the dynamics of civil engineering whilst ensuring that they acquire an understanding of the theories that form the basis of computer packages.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author Buchholdt, H. A. 1925-
Other Authors Moossavi Nejad, S. E.
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published London : ICE Pub., [2012]
EditionSecond edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781628704143
1628704144
9780727757302
072775730X
9780727741769
0727741764
Physical Description1 online resource (xvii, 318 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Causes and effects of structural vibration
  • 2. Equivalent one degree-of-freedom systems
  • 3. Free vibration of one degree-of-freedom systems
  • 4. Forced harmonic vibration of one degree-of-freedom systems
  • 5. Evaluation of equivalent viscous damping coefficients by harmonic excitation
  • 6. Response of linear and non-linear one degree-of-freedom systems to random loading: time domain analysis
  • 7. Free vibration of multi-degree-of-freedom systems
  • 8. Forced harmonic vibration of multi-degree-of-freedom systems
  • 9. Damping matrices for multi-degree-of-freedom systems
  • 10. The nature and statistical properties of wind
  • 11. Dynamic response to turbulent wind: frequency-domain analysis
  • 12. The nature and properties of earthquakes
  • 13. Dynamic response to earthquakes: frequency-domain analysis
  • 14. Generation of wind and earthquake histories.