Structural Dynamics

King Saud University                                                                   Structural Dynamics (CE 568)

College of Engineering                                                                 Second  Semester 1438/1439 H

Civil Engineering Department                                              Instructor: Prof. Dr. Shehab Mourad                                                                                                                                                             Dr. Ahmet TUKEN

                                                                                                                      

Textbook: Anil K. Chopra, Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, 4rd Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2014

 

References:

1. R.W.Clough and J.Penzien, Dynamics of Structures, 3rd Ed., Computers and Structures, Inc., 2003

2. M.Paz, Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computations, 4th Ed., Chapman & Hall, 1997

3. J.R.R.Craig and A.J.Kurdila, Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006

4. J.L.Humar, Dynamics of Structures, 2nd Edition, A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2002

 

Grading: Homeworks: 30%, Midterm Exam: 30%, Final Exam: 40%

 

COURSE OUTLINE

 

PART I:  SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM (SDOF) SYSTEMS                    

Equations of Motion, Problem Statement and Solution Methods…………………....…(3 hours)

Free Vibration………………………………………………………………………….…(3 hours)

Undamped Free Vibration

Viscously Damped Free Vibration

Energy in Free Vibration

Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration

Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations………………………………………..(6 hours)

Part A: Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results

Part B: Viscously Damped Systems: Applications

Part C: Systems with Non-viscous Damping

Part D: Response to Periodic Excitation

Response to Arbitrary, Step and Pulse Excitations……………………………………...(6 hours)

Part A: Response to Arbitrarily Time-Varying Forces

Part B: Response to Step and Ramp Forces

Part C: Response to Pulse Excitations

Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response (Step-by-Step Methods)…………………(3 hours)

Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems………………………………………..(3 hours)

 

* Midterm Exam (Wednesday, 24 November 2010 - 18 Dhu al-Hijjah 1431)  

 

PART II: MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM (MDOF) SYSTEMS

Equations of Motion, Problem Statement and Solution Methods………………………(3 hours)

Free Vibration…………………………………………………………………………….(6 hours)

Part A: Natural Vibration Frequencies and Modes

Part B: Free Vibration Response

Part C: Computation of Vibration Properties

Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems…………………………………….(6 hours)

Part A: Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

Part B: Modal Analysis

Part C: Modal Response Contributions

Part D: Special Analysis Procedures

Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response (Step-by-Step Methods)…………………(3 hours)

Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity…………………………………………...(3 hours)

 

* Final Exam