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Book SynopsisStructural Dynamics for Engineers, Second edition is the essential introduction to the dynamics of civil engineering structures for students of structural engineering and graduate engineers.
Table of ContentsCauses and effects of structural vibration Equivalent one degree of freedom systems Free vibration of one degree of freedom systems Forced harmonic vibration of one degree of freedom systems Evaluation of equivalent viscous damping coefficients by harmonic excitation Response of linear and non-linear one degree of freedom systems to random loading: time domain analysis Free vibration of multi-degree of freedom systems Forced harmonic vibration of multi-degrees of freedom systems Damping matrices for multi-degree of freedom systems The nature and statistical properties of wind Dynamic response of turbulent wind: frequency domain analysis The nature and properties of earthquakes Dynamic response to earthquakes: frequency domain analysis Generation of wind and earthquake histories