Description
PEARSON INDIA Dynamics Of Structures, 5/E by Anil K. Chopra
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 fifth edition, in SI units 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.
Table of Content
"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
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
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"
Salient Features
"1. A section on application of the inelastic design spectrum to structural design is included.
2. Examples on dynamics of bridges and their earthquake response are included.
3. The text incorporates three building codes and the Eurocode.
4. The theory of dynamic response of structures is presented in a manner that emphasizes physical insight into the analytical procedures."