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Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering
Author: Chopra, Anil K.
Cover: Hard cover
Pages: 11
List Price: $146.00
Published by Prentice Hall
Date Published: 04/1995
ISBN: 0138552142
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PART 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 to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations.
- 5. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response.
- 6. Earthquake Response of Linear Systems.
- 7. Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems.
- 8. Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems.
PART 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 Solution of MDF Equations of Motion.
- 16. Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity.
- 17. Introduction to the Finite Element Method.
PART III. EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND DESIGN OF MULTISTORY
- BUILDINGS.
- 18. Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings.
- 19. Earthquake Response of Inelastic Buildings.
- 20. Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings.
- 21. Structural Dynamics in Building Codes.
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