Structural Dynamics of Earthquake Engineering

Sekaran Rajasekaran

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This text is concerned with the analysis of structures subjected to dynamic loads. Dynamics in this context means time-varying. Both application of load and removal of load necessarily vary with time. Hence, the internal stresses and the resulting deflections are also time-dependent or dynamic in nature. In the real world, no loads that are applied to a structure are truly static. All bodies possessing mass and elasticity are capable of vibration. Thus most engineering machines and structures experience vibration to some degree and their design generally requires consideration of oscillatory behavior. The effects of vibration are very common in our daily life. We live on the beating of our hearts. Planetary motion is also another example of vibration. These motions are called periodic motions (periodic motion is a motion that repeats itself regularly after a certain interval of time).

Content :

1 - Introduction to dynamics
2 - Free vibration of single-degree-of-freedom systems (undamped) in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
3 - Free vibration of single-degree-of-freedom systems (under-damped) in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
4 - Forced vibration (harmonic force) of single-degree-of-freedom systems in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
5 - Response of structures to periodic dynamic loadings
6 - Response of structures to impulsive loads
7 - Dynamic response of structures using numerical methods
8 - Generalized coordinates and energy methods in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
9 - Two-degrees-of-freedom linear system response of structures
10 - Free vibration of multiple degrees of freedom in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
11 - Numerical solution methods for natural frequencies and mode shapes in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
12 - Time history response by mode superposition in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
13 - Free and forced vibration of a continuous system in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
14 - Finite element method in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
15 - Differential quadrature and transformation methods for vibration problems in relation to structural dynamics during earthquakes
16 - Earthquake and earthquake ground motion
17 - Earthquake response spectra
18 - Earthquake analysis of linear systems
19 - Building codes for aseismic design
20 - Response of structures to earthquakes: approximate analysis techniques for lateral loads
21 - Response of structures to earthquakes: analysis of shear walls