Ebook: Vibration Analysis and Structural Dynamics for Civil Engineers : Essentials and Group-Theoretic Formulations

PART I: ESSENTIALSIntroductionDefinitions, aims and general conceptsBasic features of a vibrating system, and further conceptsTutorial questionsSingle degree-of-freedom systemsBasic equation of motionFree vibration responseEquivalent spring stiffnesses for various structural and mechanical systemsResponse to harmonic excitationTutorial questionsSystems with more than one degree of freedomIntroductory remarkEquations of motionTechniques for assembling the stiffness matrixThe flexibility formulation of the equations of motion and assembly of the flexibility matrixDetermination of natural frequen. Read more...