Course Details
Subject {L-T-P / C} : CE6231 : Structural Dynamics { 3-0-0 / 3}
Subject Nature : Theory
Coordinator : Prof. Pradip Sarkar
Syllabus
• Undamped Free Vibration, Viscously Damped Free Vibration
• Harmonic Vibration of Undamped System, Harmonic Vibration with Viscous Damping, Force Transmission and Vibration Isolation, Response to Ground Motions and Vibration Isolation, • •
• Fourier Series Representation, Response to Periodic Force,
• Response to Unit Impulse, Response to Arbitrary Force, Step Force, Ramp or Linearly Increasing Force, Step Force with Finite Rise Time, Response to Pulse Excitation: Solution Methods,
• Effect of Pulse Shape and Approximate Analysis for Short Pulses, Effect of Viscous Damping, Response to Ground Motion
• Eartyhquake Response to Linear System, Response Spectrum Concept, Response Spectrum Characteristics, Elastic Design Spectrum
• MDOF System, Equation of Motion, Natural Vibration Frequencies and Modes, Free Vibration Response, Computation of Vibration Properties
• Damping in Structures, Construction in Damping Matrix
• Dynamic Analysis and Response to Linear Systems, Earthquake Analysis of Linear System, Modal Analysis, Response History Analysis, Response Spectrum Analysis
• Free and Forced vibration of distributed mass system: Beam
Course Objectives
- To provide the necessary knowledge to establish the equations of motion and for the determination of structural response from dynamic loads and experience in the modeling and calculation of dynamic response for simple structural systems.
Course Outcomes
1. Students will develop skills in structural dynamics fundamentals. <br />2. Students will be able to identify the need for dynamic analysis in structural design. <br />3. Students will be able to formulate and analyze complex engineering problems using the first principles of structural dynamics.
Essential Reading
- A. K. Chropra, Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, Prentice Hall of India
- IS 1893-1 (2016), Criteria for earthquake resistant design of structures. Part 1: General provisions and buildings, Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, India
Supplementary Reading
- J. L. Humar, Dynamics of Structures, CRC Press
- R. W. Clough, J. Penzien, Dynamics of structures, McGraw-Hill