Dynamics of structures : theory and applications to earthquake engineering /: theory and applications to earthquake engineering. ([2020])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Anil K. Chopra.
• Authors: Chopra, Anil K
• Contents: Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright Page; Overview; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems; 1 Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods; 1.1 Simple Structures; 1.2 Single-Degree-of-Freedom System; 1.3 Force-Displacement Relation; 1.4 Damping Force; 1.5 Equation of Motion: External Force; 1.6 Mass-Spring-Damper System; 1.7 Equation of Motion: Earthquake Excitation; 1.8 Problem Statement and Element Forces; 1.9 Combining Static and Dynamic Responses; 1.10 Methods of Solution of the Differential Equation 1.11 Study of Sdf Systems: OrganizationAppendix 1: Stiffness Coefficients for a Flexural Element; 2 Free Vibration; 2.1 Undamped Free Vibration; 2.2 Viscously Damped Free Vibration; 2.3 Energy in Free Vibration; 2.4 Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration; 3 Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations; Part A: Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results; 3.1 Harmonic Vibration of Undamped Systems; 3.2 Harmonic Vibration with Viscous Damping; Part B: Viscously Damped Systems: Applications; 3.3 Response to Vibration Generator; 3.4 Natural Frequency and Damping from Harmonic Tests 3.5 Force Transmission and Vibration Isolation3.6 Response to Ground Motion and Vibration Isolation; 3.7 Vibration-measuring Instruments; 3.8 Energy Dissipated in Viscous Damping; 3.9 Equivalent Viscous Damping; Part C: Systems with Nonviscous Damping; 3.10 Harmonic Vibration with Rate-independent Damping; 3.11 Harmonic Vibration with Coulomb Friction; Part D: Response to Periodic Excitation; 3.12 Fourier Series Representation; 3.13 Response to Periodic Force; Appendix 3: Four-Way Logarithmic Graph Paper; 4 Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations Part A: Response to Arbitrarily Time-varying Forces4.1 Response to Unit Impulse; 4.2 Response to Arbitrary Force; Part B: Response to Step and Ramp Forces; 4.3 Step Force; 4.4 Ramp or Linearly Increasing Force; 4.5 Step Force with Finite Rise Time; Part C: Response to Pulse Excitations; 4.6 Solution Methods; 4.7 Rectangular Pulse Force; 4.8 Half-Cycle Sine Pulse Force; 4.9 Symmetrical Triangular Pulse Force; 4.10 Effects of Pulse Shape and Approximate Analysis for Short Pulses; 4.11 Effects of Viscous Damping; 4.12 Response to Ground Motion; 5 Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response 5.1 Time-Stepping Methods5.2 Methods Based on Interpolation of Excitation; 5.3 Central Difference Method; 5.4 Newmark's Method; 5.5 Stability and Computational Error; 5.6 Nonlinear Systems: Central Difference Method; 5.7 Nonlinear Systems: Newmark's Method; 6 Earthquake Response of Linear Systems; 6.1 Earthquake Excitation; 6.2 Equation of Motion; 6.3 Response Quantities; 6.4 Response History; 6.5 Response Spectrum Concept; 6.6 Deformation, Pseudo-Velocity, and Pseudo-Acceleration Response Spectra; 6.7 Peak Structural Response from the Response Spectrum; 6.8 Response Spectrum Characteristics
• Edition: Fifth edition in SI units, Global edition
• Publisher Details: Harlow, United Kingdom : Pearson Education Limited
• Publication Date: 2020
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 624.1/762; Earthquake engineering; Structural dynamics; Génie parasismique; Constructions -- Dynamique; Earthquake engineering; Structural dynamics; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781292249209
• Related ISBNs: 129224920X; 1292249188; 9781292249186
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2019).
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