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Dynamics of structures: theory and applications to earthquake engineering
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0267-7261(95)00029-1
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 15 (1996) 279 Copyright © 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Limited Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0267-7261/96/$15.00
Book Review Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN 0-13-855214-2, 729 pp. Solutions Manual (0-13-855231-2)
This is an excellent book which includes many topics in the theory of structural vibrations and concentrates on the applications in earthquake engineering. The book is strongly suggested for students and professional engineers who are learning the material for the first time and also for those who would like to learn more about the response of structures to dynamic forces and especially to earthquakes. The text is well written and the presentation is very clear. There are over 100 worked-out illustrative examples, mostly from the real world. Both analytical and numerical methods are dealt with and emphasis is given to the interpretation of theoretical results and their applications. After the first and second parts of the book on the response of singledegree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom systems subject to dynamic excitations, the third part covers the earthquake response and design of multistorey buildings. Elastic, inelastic response of buildings and the vibrations of the base-isolated structures are examined. The relationship between the building design codes of United States, Canada and Mexico and the structural vibrations theory are discussed. Further, a Solution Manual for the book is available.
2. Free vibration. 3. Response to harmonic and periodic excitations. 4. Response to arbitrary, step and pulse excitations. 5. Numerical evaluation of dynamic response. 6. Earthquake response of structures. 7. Earthquake response of inelastic systems. 8. Generalized single-degree-of-freedom systems. PART II. MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS 9. Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods. 10. Free vibration. 11. Damping in structures. 12. Dynamic analysis and response of linear systems. 13. Earthquake analysis of linear systems. 14. Reduction of degrees of freedom. 15. Numerical solution of MDF equations of motion. 16. Systems with distributes mass and elasticity. 17. Introduction to finite element method. PART Ill. EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND DESIGN OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS 18. Earthquake response of linearly elastic buildings. 19. Earthquake response of inelastic buildings. 20. Dynamics of base-isolated buildings. 21. Structural dynamics in building codes.
Contents PART I. SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS 1. Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods.
A. $. ~akmak
279
0267-7261(95)00029-1
Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering 15 (1996) 279 Copyright © 1996 Published by Elsevier Science Limited Printed in Great Britain. All rights reserved 0267-7261/96/$15.00
Book Review Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering Prentice Hall, 1995. ISBN 0-13-855214-2, 729 pp. Solutions Manual (0-13-855231-2)
This is an excellent book which includes many topics in the theory of structural vibrations and concentrates on the applications in earthquake engineering. The book is strongly suggested for students and professional engineers who are learning the material for the first time and also for those who would like to learn more about the response of structures to dynamic forces and especially to earthquakes. The text is well written and the presentation is very clear. There are over 100 worked-out illustrative examples, mostly from the real world. Both analytical and numerical methods are dealt with and emphasis is given to the interpretation of theoretical results and their applications. After the first and second parts of the book on the response of singledegree-of-freedom and multi-degree-of-freedom systems subject to dynamic excitations, the third part covers the earthquake response and design of multistorey buildings. Elastic, inelastic response of buildings and the vibrations of the base-isolated structures are examined. The relationship between the building design codes of United States, Canada and Mexico and the structural vibrations theory are discussed. Further, a Solution Manual for the book is available.
2. Free vibration. 3. Response to harmonic and periodic excitations. 4. Response to arbitrary, step and pulse excitations. 5. Numerical evaluation of dynamic response. 6. Earthquake response of structures. 7. Earthquake response of inelastic systems. 8. Generalized single-degree-of-freedom systems. PART II. MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS 9. Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods. 10. Free vibration. 11. Damping in structures. 12. Dynamic analysis and response of linear systems. 13. Earthquake analysis of linear systems. 14. Reduction of degrees of freedom. 15. Numerical solution of MDF equations of motion. 16. Systems with distributes mass and elasticity. 17. Introduction to finite element method. PART Ill. EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND DESIGN OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS 18. Earthquake response of linearly elastic buildings. 19. Earthquake response of inelastic buildings. 20. Dynamics of base-isolated buildings. 21. Structural dynamics in building codes.
Contents PART I. SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS 1. Equations of motion, problem statement, and solution methods.
A. $. ~akmak
279