FREE SHIPPING BOTH WAYS
ON EVERY ORDER!
LIST PRICE:
$154.50
Sorry, this item is currently unavailable.
Dynamics of Structures : Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering
ISBN: 9780138552145 | 0138552142
Format: HardcoverPublisher: PRENTICE HALL
Pub. Date: 4/1/1995
Why Rent from Knetbooks?
Because Knetbooks knows college students. Our rental program is designed to save you time and money. Whether you need a textbook for a semester, quarter or even a summer session, we have an option for you. Simply select a rental period, enter your information and your book will be on its way!
Top 5 reasons to order all your textbooks from Knetbooks:
- We have the lowest prices on thousands of popular textbooks
- Free shipping both ways on ALL orders
- Most orders ship within 48 hours
- Need your book longer than expected? Extending your rental is simple
- Our customer support team is always here to help
Textbook for courses on dynamics of structures, either at the senior or 1st-year graduate level. The emphasis is on the physics of the problem and interpreting the response of structures to dynamic excitation. There is strong coverage of earthquake engineering.
| SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS | |
| Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods | |
| Simple Structures | |
| Single-Degree-of-Freedom System | |
| Force-Displacement Relation | |
| Damping Force | |
| Equation of Motion: External Force | |
| Mass-Spring-Damper System | |
| Equation of Motion: Earthquake Excitation | |
| Problem Stat... MORE | |
| Combining Static and Dynamic Responses | |
| Methods of Solution of the Differential Equation | |
| Study of SDF Systems: Organization | |
| Appendix 1: Stiffness Coefficients for a Flexural Element | |
| Free Vibration | |
| Undamped Free Vibration | |
| Viscously Damped Free Vibration | |
| Energy in Free Vibration | |
| Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration | |
| Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations | |
| Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results | |
| Harmonic Vibration of Undamped Systems | |
| Harmonic Vibration with Viscous Damping | |
| Viscously Damped Systems: Applications | |
| Response to Vibration Generator | |
| Natural Frequency and Damping from Harmonic Tests | |
| Force Transmission and Vibration Isolation | |
| Response to Ground Motion and Vibration Isolation | |
| Vibration-Measuring Instruments | |
| Energy Dissipated in Viscous Damping | |
| Equivalent Viscous Damping | |
| Systems with Nonviscous Damping | |
| Harmonic Vibration with Rate-Independent Damping | |
| Harmonic Vibration with Coulomb Friction | |
| Response to Periodic Excitation | |
| Fourier Series Representation | |
| Response to Periodic Force | |
| Appendix 3: Four-Way Logarithmic Graph Paper | |
| Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations | |
| Response to Arbitrarily Time-Varying Forces | |
| Response to Unit Impulse | |
| Response to Arbitrary Force | |
| Response to Step and Ramp Forces | |
| Step Force | |
| Ramp or Linearly Increasing Force | |
| Step Force with Finite Rise Time | |
| Response to Pulse Excitations | |
| Solution Methods | |
| Rectangular Pulse Force | |
| Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved. |
