Structural Dynamics
Structural Dynamics
Courses: M.Sc. Natural Hazards and Risks in Structural Engineering, Digital Engineering
- 3 Credits (2 SWS Lecture, 1 SWS Exercise)
Lecturer: Dr.-Ing. habil. Thomas Most
Course aim: The students will obtain the basic knowledge of structural dynamics to understand the concepts of analyses in time and frequency domain for SDOF systems as well as the extension of these analyses to MDOF systems. Furthermore, they will be able to solve simple problems of structural dynamics by means of a numerical tool.
Contents:
- SDOF systems: free vibrations, harmonic, impulse and general excitation for undamped and damped systems, Impulse response function, frequency response function, base excitation, time step analysis: central difference and Newmark methods;
- MDOF systems: modal analysis, modal superposition, modal damping, Rayleigh damping, Frequency response functions, state-space models
- Continuous systems: free and forced vibrations, travelling loads;
- Applications: machinery induced vibrations, earthquake excitation wind induced vibrations human induced vibrations
eLearning: Further information about the course can be found in the moodle-room Structural Dynamics
The key word to access the room will be announced in the first lectures of the semester. All information concerning the course is communicated via this platform.
Eingangsvoraussetzungen: Bachelor in der Fachrichtung Bauingenieurwesen oder äquivalenter Abschluss
Preliminary requirements: Bachelor in in Civil / Structural Engineering or equivalent
Preliminary requirements to exams: It will be announced in the first lecture
Type of examination: written exam
Literature:
- K. Chopra. Dynamics of structures: theory and applications to earthquake Engineering
- R. W. Clough and J. Penzien. Dynamics of structures. McGraw-Hill
- H. Kramer. Angewandte Baudynamik: Grundlagen und Praxisbeispiele. Ernst & Sohn
- C. Petersen. Dynamik der Baukonstruktionen. Viehweg, Braunschweig/Wiebaden
- Vorlesungsunterlagen