Dynamics of structures : theory and applications to earthquake engineering /

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Main Author: Chopra, Anil K.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Upper Saddle River, NJ : Prentice Hall, ©2001.
Edition:2nd ed.
Series:Prentice-Hall international series in civil engineering and engineering mechanics
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Table of Contents:
  • Pt. I. Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems. 1. Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods. 2. Free Vibration. 3. Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations. 4. Response of Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations. 5. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamics Response. 6. Earthquake Response of Linear Systems. 7. Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems. 8. Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems
  • Pt. II. Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems. 9. Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods. 10. Free Vibration. 11. Damping in Structures. 12. Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems. 13. Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems. 14. Reduction of Degrees of Freedom. 15. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamics Response. 16. Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity. 17. Introduction to the Finite Element Method
  • Pt. III. Earthquake Response and Design of Multistory Buildings. 18. Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings.
  • 19. Earthquake Response of Inelastic Buildings. 20. Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings. 21. Structural Dynamics in Building Codes. A. Frequency-Domain Method of Response Analysis.