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CourseTitle
StructuralDynamics
2. Discipline CIVILENGINEERING
3.CourseFormat(WeborVideo)

WEB

4.Coordinators

Coordinator
Name
Department Institute MailId/Phonenumber
Dr.A.
MEHER
PRASAD
Civil
Engineering
IITMadras
(IITM)
prasadam@iitm.ac.in
+914422574260+9194440
17194

5. CourseOutline
The student is introduced to the fundamental concepts of structural dynamics, to the
mathematical formulations for the various structural applications, to methods of
solutions, to the nature of the results to be expected, to the observed behaviour of
structuralmembersaswellassystems,andtothecurrentdesignconcepts.

Thepurposeofthiscourseistoimpartanunderstandingofthedynamicbehaviourand
strength of structural members, to develop the ability to read the pertinent literature
and to understand related design codes. Current lines of thought and activity are
discussed and the student is encouraged to do research and to keep up with future
developments.

Each topic will be developed in logical progression with uptodate information with
reference to structural dynamics applications to earthquake engineering and its codal
provisions. The course material on structural dynamics will be very useful to
undergraduatestudents,postgraduatestudents,teachersandpractitioners.Anumber
ofmodelproblemswillbesolvedtoillustratetheconceptsclearly.

Contents:

Introduction,Systemswithsingledegreeoffreedom(SDOF)equationofmotion
AnalysisoffreeVibrationResponseofharmonic,impulsive,periodicandgeneral
dynamicloading,freeandForcedVibrationresponseofMDOFdampedand
undampeddiscretesystemsEquationsofmotionEvaluationofnaturalfrequencies
andmodesApproximatemethods,Overviewofdynamicsofdistributedparameter
systemsFlexuralbeamsshearbeamscolumns,BaseExcitedsystemsformulationof
equationsforSDOF&MDOFsystemsconceptsofspectralquantitiesandResponse
spectrumFundamentalsofEarthquakeEngineering,computationalandnumerical
methodsSolutionofeigenvalueproblemsModesuperpositionmethod&Modal
truncationerrorsModalAccelerationmethod,DirectIntegrationmethodsExplicit
andImplicitmethods.Overviewofrandomvibration.
6. CoursePrerequisites

StructuralAnalysis
7. Text/References

ReferenceBooks:
(i) Anil K Chopra, Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Application to Earthquake
Engineering,PrenticeHallIndia
(ii) R W Clough and J Penzien. Dynamics of Structures III edition, McGrawHill
International.
(iii) JLHumar,DynamicsofStructures,PrenticeHall

8. Suggested/Additional
Readings

LiteratureonAdvancedfoundations
BureauofIndianStandardcodeson
foundations

9. Detailedcourseplan:(Modulewise/Lecturewise)

Sl.
No
Topic No.of
Hours
1 ResponseofsimpleSingleDegreeofFreedomsystems:
DefinitionofDOF:IdealizationofstructureasSDFsystem;
FormulationofequationsofmotionforvariousSDFsystems;
Freevibrationofundampedsystems;Freevibrationofviscously
dampedsystems;FreevibrationofsystemswithCoulomb
damping;Dampinginstructures;Forcedvibrationofsystems;
Steadystateresponsetoharmonicforcesandperiodicforces;
Experimentaldeterminationsofnaturalfrequency;Duhamels
integralandothermethodsofsolution

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2 AnalysisofMultiDegreeofFreedomsystems:
Staticforcedisplacementrelationship;Strainenergyofsystem;
Formulationofequationsofmotion;Evaluationofnatural
frequenciesandmodes;Freevibrationofundampedsystems;
Forcedvibrationofdampedsystems;Harmonicfreevibration;
VibrationAbsorberConcept;Reviewoftimehistoryand
spectrummethodsofanalysis.

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3 Approximatemethodsofcomputingnaturalfrequencies:
Rayleighsmethod;Dunkerleysmethod;Methodsofiteration
StodolaVainelloMethod;Rinsinganddeflation;RayleighRitz
method.

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4 Overviewofdynamicsofcontinuoussystem:
Vibrationofflexuralbeams:Equationofmotion;Freevibration
ofbeams;Forcedvibration
Vibrationofshearbeamsandcolumns:Equationofmotion;
Freevibration;Forcedvibration

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5 Baseexcitedsystems:
FormulationofequationsofmotionforSDFandMDFsystems;
Conceptofspectralquantities,Responsespectrum;
Fundamentalsofearthquakeengineering;DiscussionsonIS1893
codalprovisionsforbuildingstructures.

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6 Numericalmethods:
Eigenvalueproblemsandapplications:SubspaceIteration
LanczosMethod;Modesuperpositionprinciplemodal
truncationerrors;RitzVectorapproach.
DirectIntegrationmethods:
ExplicitmethodsCentraldifferencemethod;
ImplicitmethodsNewmarkmethod,Wilsonmethod.

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