Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics (eBook)

ROY R. CRAIG JR., PHD, is Professor Emeritus of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics at The University of Texas at Austin. He has received numerous teaching awards and has worked in industry at Boeing, NASA, and Exxon Production Research Corporation, among others. ANDREW J. KURDILA, PHD, is the W. Martin Johnson Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University. His current research focuses on structural dynamics, dynamic systems theory, control theory, and computational mechanics.

Preface to Structural Dynamics: An Introduction to ComputerMethods.

Preface to Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics.

About the Authors.

1. The Science and Art of Structural Dynamics.

PART I: SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS.

2. Mathematical Models of SDOF Systems.

3. Free Vibration of SDOF Systems.

4. Response of SDOF Systems.

5. Response of SDOF Systems to Nonperiodic Excitation.

6. Numerical Evaluation of the Dynamic Response of SDOFSystems.

7. Response of SDOF Systems to Periodic Excitation;Frequency-Domain Analysis.

PART II: MULTIPLE-DEGREE-OF FREEDOM SYSTEMS-BASIC TOPICS.

8. Mathematical Models of MDOF Systems.

9. Vibration of Undamped 2-DOF Systems.

10. Vibration Properties of MDOF Systems--Modes,Frequencies, and Damping.

11. Dynamic Response of MDOF Systems--Mode-SuperpositionMethod.

PART III: CONTINUOUS SYSTEMS.

12. Mathematrical Models of Continuous Systems.

13. Free Vibration of Continuous Systems.

PART IV: COMPUTATIONAL MATHODS IN STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS.

14. Introduction to Finite Element Modeling of Structures.

15. Numerical Evaluation of Modes and Frequence of MDOFSystems.

16. Direct Integration Methods for Dynamic Response of SDOFSystems.

17. Component Mode Synthesis.

PART V: ADVANCED TOPICES IN STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS.

18. Introduction to Experimental Model Analysis.

19. Introduction to "Active Structures".

20. Introduction to Earkquake Response of Structures.

Appendix A: Units.

Appendix B: Complex Numbers.

Appendix C: Elements of Laplace Transforms.

Appendix D: Elements of Linear Algebra.

Appendix E: Introduction to MATLAB.

Index.