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Author Chopra, Anil K., author

Title Dynamics of structures : theory and applications to earthquake engineering / Anil K. Chopra, University of California at Berkeley
Edition Fifth edition
Published Hoboken, NJ : Pearson Education, Inc., [2017]
©2017

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Description xxxi, 960 pages : illustrations, graphs ; 26 cm
Series Pearson Always learning
Prentice Hall international series in civil engineering and engineering mechanics
Always learning.
Prentice-Hall international series in civil engineering and engineering mechanics.
Contents Part I: Single Degree of Freedom Systems. 1. Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods -- 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 Linear Systems -- 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. Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Linear Systems -- 15. Reduction of Degrees of Freedom -- 16. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response -- 17. Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity -- 18. Introduction to the Finite Element Method -- Part III: Earthquake Response, Design, and Evaluation of Multistory Buildings. 19. Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings -- 20. Earthquake Analysis and Response of Inelastic Buildings -- 21. Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings -- 22. Structural Dynamics in Building Codes -- 23. Structural Dynamics in Building Evaluation Guidelines
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Buildings -- Earthquake effects.
Earthquake engineering.
Structural dynamics.
LC no. 2016015211
ISBN 0134555120
9780134555126