STE 405
Structural Dynamics
2
Course Description
At the end of this course, the students should be able to:
1. analyse indeterminate structures and adopt an appropriate structural analysis technique;
and
2. determine the response of structures by classical, iterative and matrix methods.
Course Outline
Basic structural dynamics course for Civil Engineering students. Elastic free, forced vibration,
and earthquake response spectra analysis for single and multi-degree of freedom systems.
Axial, bending, and torsional vibration of beams. Calibration of instrumentation for dynamic
measurements. Determination of natural frequencies and damping factors from free
vibrations. Determination of natural frequencies, mode shapes, and damping factors from
forced vibrations. Dynamic similitude.