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| Foreword | p. xxi |
| Preface | p. xxiii |
| Preface to the Second Edition | p. xxv |
| Preface to the First Edition | p. xvii |
| Acknowledgments | p. xxxiii |
| Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems | p. 1 |
| Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods | p. 3 |
| Simple Structures | p. 3 |
| Single-Degree-of-Freedom System | p. 7 |
| Force-Displac... MORE | p. 8 |
| Damping Force | p. 12 |
| Equation of Motion: External Force | p. 14 |
| Mass-Spring-Damper System | p. 19 |
| Equation of Motion: Earthquake Excitation | p. 23 |
| Problem Statement and Element Forces | p. 26 |
| Combining Static and Dynamic Responses | p. 28 |
| Methods of Solution of the Differential Equation | p. 28 |
| Study of SDF Systems: Organization | p. 33 |
| Stiffness Coefficients for a Flexural Element | p. 33 |
| Free Vibration | p. 39 |
| Undamped Free Vibration | p. 39 |
| Viscously Damped Free Vibration | p. 48 |
| Energy in Free Vibration | p. 56 |
| Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration | p. 57 |
| Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations | p. 65 |
| Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results | p. 66 |
| Harmonic Vibration of Undamped Systems | p. 66 |
| Harmonic Vibration with Viscous Damping | p. 72 |
| Viscously Damped Systems: Applications | p. 85 |
| Response to Vibration Generator | p. 85 |
| Natural Frequency and Damping from Harmonic Tests | p. 87 |
| Force Transmission and Vibration Isolation | p. 90 |
| Response to Ground Motion and Vibration Isolation | p. 91 |
| Vibration-Measuring Instruments | p. 95 |
| Energy Dissipated in Viscous Damping | p. 99 |
| Equivalent Viscous Damping | p. 103 |
| Systems with Nonviscous Damping | p. 105 |
| Harmonic Vibration with Rate-Independent Damping | p. 105 |
| Harmonic Vibration with Coulomb Friction | p. 109 |
| Response to Periodic Excitation | p. 113 |
| Fourier Series Representation | p. 114 |
| Response to Periodic Force | p. 114 |
| Four-Way Logarithmic Graph Paper | p. 118 |
| Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations | p. 125 |
| Response to Arbitrarily Time-Varying Forces | p. 125 |
| Response to Unit Impulse | p. 126 |
| Response to Arbitrary Force | p. 127 |
| Response to Step and Ramp Forces | p. 129 |
| Step Force | p. 129 |
| Ramp or Linearly Increasing Force | p. 131 |
| Step Force with Finite Rise Time | p. 132 |
| Response to Pulse Excitations | p. 135 |
| Solution Methods | p. 135 |
| Rectangular Pulse Force | p. 137 |
| Half-Cycle Sine Pulse Force | p. 143 |
| Symmetrical Triangular Pulse Force | p. 148 |
| Effects of Pulse Shape and Approximate Analysis for Short Pulses | p. 151 |
| Effects of Viscous Damping | p. 154 |
| Response to Ground Motion | p. 155 |
| Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response | p. 165 |
| Time-Stepping Methods | p. 165 |
| Methods Based on Interpolation of Excitation | p. 167 |
| Central Difference Method | p. 171 |
| Newmark's Method | p. 174 |
| Stability and Computational Error | p. 180 |
| Analysis of Nonlinear Response: Central Difference Method | p. 184 |
| Analysis of Nonlinear Response: Newmark's Method | p. 184 |
| Earthquake Response of Linear Systems | p. 197 |
| Earthquake Excitation | p. 197 |
| Equation of Motion | p. 203 |
| Response Quantities | p. 204 |
| Response History | p. 205 |
| Response Spectrum Concept | p. 207 |
| Deformation, Pseudo-velocity, and Pseudo-acceleration Response Spectra | p. 208 |
| Peak Structural Response from the Response Spectrum | p. 217 |
| Response Spectrum Characteristics | p. 222 |
| Elastic Design Spectrum | p. 230 |
| Comparison of Design and Response Spectra | p. 239 |
| Distinction between Design and Response Spectra | p. 241 |
| Velocity and Acceleration Response Spectra | p. 242 |
| El Centro, 1940 Ground Motion | p. 246 |
| Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems | p. 257 |
| Force-Deformation Relations | p. 258 |
| Normalized Yield Strength, Yield Strength Reduction Factor, and Ductility Factor | p. 264 |
| Equation of Motion and Controlling Parameters | p. 265 |
| Effects of Yielding | p. 266 |
| Response Spectrum for Yield Deformation and Yield Strength | p. 273 |
| Yield Strength and Deformation from the Response Spectrum | p. 277 |
| Yield Strength-Ductility Relation | p. 277 |
| Relative Effects of Yielding and Damping | p. 279 |
| Dissipated Energy | p. 280 |
| Energy Dissipation Devices | p. 283 |
| Inelastic Design Spectrum | p. 288 |
| Applications of the Design Spectrum | p. 295 |
| Comparison of Design and Response Spectra | p. 301 |
| Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems | p. 305 |
| Generalized SDF Systems | p. 305 |
| Rigid-Body Assemblages | p. 307 |
| Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity | p. 309 |
| Lumped-Mass System: Shear Building | p. 321 |
| Natural Vibration Frequency by Rayleigh's Method | p. 328 |
| Selection of Shape Function | p. 332 |
| Inertia Forces for Rigid Bodies | p. 336 |
| Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems | p. 343 |
| Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods | p. 345 |
| Simple System: Two-Story Shear Building | p. 345 |
| General Approach for Linear Systems | p. 350 |
| Static Condensation | p. 367 |
| Planar or Symmetric-Plan Systems: Ground Motion | p. 370 |
| Unsymmetric-Plan Buildings: Ground Motion | p. 375 |
| Symmetric-Plan Buildings: Torsional Excitation | p. 383 |
| Multiple Support Excitation | p. 384 |
| Inelastic Systems | p. 389 |
| Problem Statement | p. 389 |
| Element Forces | p. 390 |
| Methods for Solving the Equations of Motion: Overview | p. 390 |
| Free Vibration | p. 401 |
| Natural Vibration Frequencies and Modes | p. 402 |
| Systems without Damping | p. 402 |
| Natural Vibration Frequencies and Modes | p. 404 |
| Modal and Spectral Matrices | p. 406 |
| Orthogonality of Modes | p. 407 |
| Interpretation of Modal Orthogonality | p. 408 |
| Normalization of Modes | p. 408 |
| Modal Expansion of Displacements | p. 418 |
| Free Vibration Response | p. 419 |
| Solution of Free Vibration Equations: Undamped Systems | p. 419 |
| Free Vibration of Systems with Damping | p. 422 |
| Solution of Free Vibration Equations: Classically Damped Systems | p. 426 |
| Computation of Vibration Properties | p. 428 |
| Solution Methods for the Eigenvalue Problem | p. 428 |
| Rayleigh's Quotient | p. 430 |
| Inverse Vector Iteration Method | p. 430 |
| Vector Iteration with Shifts: Preferred Procedure | p. 435 |
| Transformation of k[phi] = [omega superscript 2]m[phi] to the Standard Form | p. 440 |
| Damping in Structures | p. 447 |
| Experimental Data and Recommended Modal Damping Ratios | p. 447 |
| Vibration Properties of Millikan Library Building | p. 447 |
| Estimating Modal Damping Ratios | p. 452 |
| Construction of Damping Matrix | p. 454 |
| Damping Matrix | p. 454 |
| Classical Damping Matrix | p. 455 |
| Nonclassical Damping Matrix | p. 463 |
| Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems | p. 467 |
| Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems | p. 467 |
| Analysis of Two-DOF Systems without Damping | p. 467 |
| Vibration Absorber or Tuned Mass Damper | p. 470 |
| Modal Analysis | p. 472 |
| Modal Equations for Undamped Systems | p. 472 |
| Modal Equations for Damped Systems | p. 475 |
| Displacement Response | p. 476 |
| Element Forces | p. 477 |
| Modal Analysis: Summary | p. 477 |
| Modal Response Contributions | p. 482 |
| Modal Expansion of Excitation Vector p(t) = sp(t) | p. 482 |
| Modal Analysis for p(t) = sp(t) | p. 486 |
| Modal Contribution Factors | p. 487 |
| Modal Responses and Required Number of Modes | p. 489 |
| Special Analysis Procedures | p. 496 |
| Static Correction Method | p. 496 |
| Mode Acceleration Superposition Method | p. 499 |
| Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Systems | p. 500 |
| Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems | p. 507 |
| Response History Analysis | p. 508 |
| Modal Analysis | p. 508 |
| Multistory Buildings with Symmetric Plan | p. 514 |
| Multistory Buildings with Unsymmetric Plan | p. 533 |
| Torsional Response of Symmetric-Plan Buildings | p. 544 |
| Response Analysis for Multiple Support Excitation | p. 548 |
| Structural Idealization and Earthquake Response | p. 554 |
| Response Spectrum Analysis | p. 555 |
| Peak Response from Earthquake Response Spectrum | p. 555 |
| Multistory Buildings with Symmetric Plan | p. 560 |
| Multistory Buildings with Unsymmetric Plan | p. 572 |
| Reduction of Degrees of Freedom | p. 593 |
| Kinematic Constraints | p. 594 |
| Mass Lumping in Selected DOFs | p. 595 |
| Rayleigh-Ritz Method | p. 595 |
| Selection of Ritz Vectors | p. 599 |
| Dynamic Analysis Using Ritz Vectors | p. 604 |
| Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response | p. 609 |
| Time-Stepping Methods | p. 609 |
| Analysis of Linear Systems with Nonclassical Damping | p. 611 |
| Analysis of Nonlinear Systems | p. 618 |
| Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity | p. 629 |
| Equation of Undamped Motion: Applied Forces | p. 630 |
| Equation of Undamped Motion: Support Excitation | p. 631 |
| Natural Vibration Frequencies and Modes | p. 632 |
| Modal Orthogonality | p. 639 |
| Modal Analysis of Forced Dynamic Response | p. 641 |
| Earthquake Response History Analysis | p. 648 |
| Earthquake Response Spectrum Analysis | p. 653 |
| Difficulty in Analyzing Practical Systems | p. 656 |
| Introduction to the Finite Element Method | p. 661 |
| Rayleigh-Ritz Method | p. 661 |
| Formulation Using Conservation of Energy | p. 661 |
| Formulation Using Virtual Work | p. 665 |
| Disadvantages of Rayleigh-Ritz Method | p. 667 |
| Finite Element Method | p. 667 |
| Finite Element Approximation | p. 667 |
| Analysis Procedure | p. 669 |
| Element Degrees of Freedom and Interpolation Functions | p. 671 |
| Element Stiffness Matrix | p. 672 |
| Element Mass Matrix | p. 673 |
| Element (Applied) Force Vector | p. 675 |
| Comparison of Finite Element and Exact Solutions | p. 679 |
| Dynamic Analysis of Structural Continua | p. 680 |
| Earthquake Response and Design of Multistory Buildings | p. 687 |
| Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings | p. 689 |
| Systems Analyzed, Design Spectrum, and Response Quantities | p. 689 |
| Influence of T[subscript 1] and [rho] on Response | p. 694 |
| Modal Contribution Factors | p. 695 |
| Influence of T[subscript 1] on Higher-Mode Response | p. 697 |
| Influence of [rho] on Higher-Mode Response | p. 700 |
| Heightwise Variation of Higher-Mode Response | p. 701 |
| How Many Modes to Include | p. 703 |
| Earthquake Analysis and Response of Inelastic Buildings | p. 707 |
| Nonlinear Response History Analysis | p. 708 |
| Equations of Motion: Formulation and Solution | p. 708 |
| Computing Seismic Demands: Factors To Be Considered | p. 709 |
| Story Drift Demands | p. 713 |
| Strength Demands for SDF and MDF Systems | p. 719 |
| Approximate Analysis Procedures | p. 720 |
| Motivation and Basic Concept | p. 720 |
| Uncoupled Modal Response History Analysis | p. 722 |
| Modal Pushover Analysis | p. 729 |
| Evaluation of Modal Pushover Analysis | p. 734 |
| Simplified Modal Pushover Analysis for Practical Application | p. 739 |
| Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings | p. 741 |
| Isolation Systems | p. 741 |
| Base-Isolated One-Story Buildings | p. 744 |
| Effectiveness of Base Isolation | p. 750 |
| Base-Isolated Multistory Buildings | p. 754 |
| Applications of Base Isolation | p. 760 |
| Structural Dynamics in Building Codes | p. 767 |
| Building Codes and Structural Dynamics | p. 768 |
| International Building Code (United States), 2006 | p. 768 |
| National Building Code of Canada, 2005 | p. 771 |
| Mexico Federal District Code, 2004 | p. 773 |
| Eurocode 8, 2004 | p. 775 |
| Structural Dynamics in Building Codes | p. 778 |
| Evaluation of Building Codes | p. 784 |
| Base Shear | p. 784 |
| Story Shears and Equivalent Static Forces | p. 788 |
| Overturning Moments | p. 790 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 793 |
| Structural Dynamics in Building Evaluation Guidelines | p. 795 |
| Nonlinear Dynamic Procedure: Current Practice | p. 796 |
| SDF-System Estimate of Roof Displacement | p. 797 |
| Estimating Deformation of Inelastic SDF Systems | p. 799 |
| Nonlinear Static Procedure | p. 806 |
| Concluding Remarks | p. 812 |
| Frequency-Domain Method of Response Analysis | p. 815 |
| Notation | p. 837 |
| Answers to Selected Problems | p. 849 |
| Index | p. 865 |
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