Structural Dynamics

This book introduces structural dynamics. It starts with the basics and step by step brings readers to a level where they can understand how to perform the necessary safety considerations to wind or horizontal ground motion induced dynamic design problems.

This book introduces to the theory of structural dynamics, with focus on civil engineering structures that may be described by line-like beam or beam-column type of systems, or by a system of rectangular plates. Throughout this book the mathematical presentation contains a classical analytical description as well as a description in a discrete finite element format, covering the mathematical development from basic assumptions to the final equations ready for practical dynamic response predictions. Solutions are presented in time domain as well as in frequency domain. Structural Dynamics starts off at a basic level and step by step brings the reader up to a level where the necessary safety considerations to wind or horizontal ground motion induced dynamic design problems can be performed. The special theory of the tuned mass damper has been given a comprehensive treatment, as this is a theory not fully covered elsewhere. For the same reason a chapter on the problem of moving loads on beams has been included.

Comprehensive introduction to structural dynamics Starts off at a basic level and step by step brings the reader up to a level where the necessary safety considerations to wind or horizontal ground motion induced dynamic design problems can be performed Contains a classical analytical description as well as a description in a discrete finite element format, covering the mathematical development from basic assumptions to the final equations ready for practical dynamic response predictions With focus on civil engineering structures that may be described by line-like beam or beam-column type of systems, or by a system of rectangular plates

Autorentext

Einar N. Strømmen is a researcher and a professor of structural mechanics for nearly forty years at Norwegian University of Science and Technology, with the specialty of structural aerodynamics and wind engineering. He is presently the professor emeritus at the same university. He published numerous articles and three textbooks, all at Springer Verlag: "Theory of bridge aerodynamics" first published in 2005 and with a second edition in 2010, "Structural dynamics" in 2012, and "Structural mechanics" in 2019.

Inhalt
Basic Theory.- One And Two Degree OF Freedom Systems.- Eigan value Calculations Of Continuous Systems.- The Finite Element Method In Dynamics.- The Normal Mode Method.- Frequency And Time Domain Response Calculations Dynamic Response Earthquake Excitation.- Wind Induced Dynamic Response Calculations.- Damping Rectangular Plates.- Moving Load Of Beams.- Basic Theory Of Stochastic Processes.- Time Domain Simulations.- Element Properties.