King Saud University College of Engineering Civil Engineering Department

Structural Dynamics (CE 568) First Semester 1431/1432 H Instructor: Dr. Ahmet TUKEN

Textbook: Anil K. Chopra, Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering, 3rd Edition, Pearson-Prentice Hall, 2007 References: 1. R.W.Clough and J.Penzien, Dynamics of Structures, 3rd Ed., Computers and Structures, Inc., 2003 2. M.Paz, Structural Dynamics: Theory and Computations, 4th Ed., Chapman & Hall, 1997 3. J.R.R.Craig and A.J.Kurdila, Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006 4. J.L.Humar, Dynamics of Structures, 2nd Edition, A.A. Balkema Publishers, 2002 Grading: Homeworks: 30%, Midterm Exam: 30%, Final Exam: 40%

COURSE OUTLINE
PART I: SINGLE DEGREE OF FREEDOM (SDOF) SYSTEMS Equations of Motion, Problem Statement and Solution Methods....(6 hours) Free Vibration(3 hours) Undamped Free Vibration Viscously Damped Free Vibration Coulomb-Damped Free Vibration Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations..(3 hours) Part A: Viscously Damped Systems: Basic Results (Harmonic Vibration of Undamped and Viscously Damped Systems) Part D: Response to Periodic Excitation Response to Arbitrary, Step and Pulse Excitations...(6 hours) Part A: Response to Arbitrarily Time-Varying Forces Part B: Response to Step and Ramp Forces Part C: Response to Pulse Excitations Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response (Step-by-Step Methods)(3 hours) Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems..(3 hours) * Midterm Exam (Wednesday, 01 December 2010 - 25 Dhu al-Hijjah 1431 at 4:00 P.M.) PART II: MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM (MDOF) SYSTEMS Equations of Motion, Problem Statement and Solution Methods(6 hours) Free Vibration.(3 hours) Part A: Natural Vibration Frequencies and Modes Part B: Free Vibration Response Part C: Computation of Vibration Properties Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems.(3 hours) Part A: Two-Degree-of-Freedom Systems Part B: Modal Analysis Part C: Modal Response Contributions Part D: Special Analysis Procedures Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response (Step-by-Step Methods)(3 hours) Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity...(3 hours) * Final Exam