Bookstore

For courses in Structural Dynamics.   Structural dynamics and earthquake engineering for both students and professional engineers An expert on structural dynamics and earthquake engineering, Anil K. Chopra fills an important niche, explaining the material in a manner suitable for both students and professional engineers with his 5th Edition of Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering. No prior knowledge of structural dynamics is assumed, and the presentation is detailed and integrated enough to make the text suitable for self-study.   As a textbook on vibrations and structural dynamics, this book has no competition. The material includes many topics in the theory of structural dynamics, along with applications of this theory to earthquake analysis, response, design, and evaluation of structures, with an emphasis on presenting this often difficult subject in as simple a manner as possible through numerous worked-out illustrative examples. The 5th Edition includes new sections, figures, and examples, along with relevant updates and revisions. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: search for key concepts, words and phrases make highlights and notes as you study share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Dynamics of Structures, SI Edition

• Title Page


• Copyright Page


• Overview


• Contents


• Foreword


• Preface


• Acknowledgments


• Part I Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems


• 1 Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods


• 1.1 Simple Structures


• 1.2 Single-Degree-of-Freedom System


• 1.3 Force?Displacement Relation


• 1.4 Damping Force


• 1.5 Equation of Motion: External Force


• 1.6 Mass?Spring?Damper System


• 1.7 Equation of Motion: Earthquake Excitation


• 1.8 Problem Statement and Element Forces


• 1.9 Combining Static and Dynamic Responses


• 1.10 Methods of Solution of the Differential Equation


• 1.11 Study of Sdf Systems: Organization


• Appendix 1: Stiffness Coefficients for a Flexural Element


• 2 Free Vibration


• 2.1 Undamped Free Vibration


• 2.2 Viscously Damped Free Vibration


• 2.3 Energy in Free Vibration


• 2.4 Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration


• 3 Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations


• Part A: Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results


• 3.1 Harmonic Vibration of Undamped Systems


• 3.2 Harmonic Vibration with Viscous Damping


• Part B: Viscously Damped Systems: Applications


• 3.3 Response to Vibration Generator


• 3.4 Natural Frequency and Damping from Harmonic Tests


• 3.5 Force Transmission and Vibration Isolation


• 3.6 Response to Ground Motion and Vibration Isolation


• 3.7 Vibration-measuring Instruments


• 3.8 Energy Dissipated in Viscous Damping


• 3.9 Equivalent Viscous Damping


• Part C: Systems with Nonviscous Damping


• 3.10 Harmonic Vibration with Rate-independent Damping


• 3.11 Harmonic Vibration with Coulomb Friction


• Part D: Response to Periodic Excitation


• 3.12 Fourier Series Representatio