Course Code L T P C
Structural Dynamics
3 1 0 4
Syllabus version
Pre-requisite Nil
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Course Objectives
1. To know various dynamic forces acting on a building and their response.
2. To study the analysis procedure for calculating the response of structures.
3. To understand the linear and non-linear behaviour of structures.
Course Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, the student will be able to
1. Differentiate static and dynamic behaviour of structures and their physical properties.
2. Identify and model a single degree of freedom system subjected to a dynamic load.
3. Evaluate the response of a single-storey building subjected to a dynamic load.
4. Identify and model a multi-degree-of-freedom system subjected to dynamic load.
5. Evaluate the dynamic behaviour of beams.
Module: 1 Introduction 8 hours
History of vibration - Oscillatory motion – Resonance - Engineering applications -
Dynamic vs static analysis – Time - varying loads – Real - world case studies - System
idealization - Degrees of freedom (DOF) - Lumped vs distributed systems - Generalized
coordinates - Inertial forces - Virtual work - D’Alembert’s principle - Energy methods -
Lagrange’s equation - Kinetic and potential energy - Simple harmonic motion.
Module: 2 Single Degree of Freedom 9 hours
Mathematical modeling - Mass-spring-damper system - Free vibration - Natural
frequency - Logarithmic decrement - Underdamped, overdamped, critically damped
systems - Damping ratio, viscous damping, Coulomb damping, structural damping -
Measurement techniques - Damping estimation - Vibration measuring instruments.
Module: 3 Response of Single Degree of Freedom Systems 9 hours
Forced vibration - Harmonic excitation – Steady-state response - Dynamic amplification
factor – Resonance – Transmissibility - Base excitation - Impulse response - Periodic
loading Fourier series - Duhamel’s integral, convolution integral - Response convolution
- Analytical solutions - Numerical response evaluation - Wilson-Theta method,
Newmark-Beta method - Nonlinear numerical techniques - Time stepping methods -
Stability and convergence - Seismic excitation - Earthquake time histories - Base
isolation - Response spectra - Design spectrum - Elastic and inelastic response.
Modeling and Response Analysis of Multi Degree of
Module: 4 9 hours
Freedom Systems
Equation of motion (matrix form) - Free vibration of Multi Degree of Freedom systems -
Damping models - Structural property matrices (mass, damping, stiffness) - Eigenvalues
and eigenvectors - Mode shapes, modal analysis, orthogonality of mode shapes -
Rayleigh’s method, Rayleigh-Ritz method - Stodola’s method - Matrix iteration -
Stiffness and flexibility methods - Mode superposition - Coupling and decoupling of
equations - Tuned mass dampers
Module: 5 Continuous Systems 8 hours
Differential equation of motion - Transverse vibration - Axial vibration - Natural
frequency and mode shape of simple beams with different end conditions – Variable
cross section beams - Orthogonality relationship.
Module: 6 Contemporary Issues 2 hours
Total Lecture hours 45 hours
Tutorial
Tutorial Class Module 1: 3 hours
Tutorial Class Module 2: 3 hours
Tutorial Class Module 3: 3 hours
Tutorial Class Module 4: 3 hours
Tutorial Class Module 5: 3 hours
Total tutorial hours 15 hours
Text Book(s)
Mario Paz and William Leigh, Structural Dynamics – Theory and Computation,
1.
2019, 6th Edition, Springer, USA.
Clough and Penzien, Dynamics of Structures, 2015, CBS Publishers and
2.
Distributors, New Delhi, India.
Reference Books
Chopra. A. K., Dynamics of Structures – Theory and Applications to Earthquake
1.
Engineering, 2023, 6th Edition, Prentice Hall, London, UK.
Roy R. Craig, Jr. and Andrew J. Kurdila, Fundamentals of Structural Dynamics,
2.
2011, John Wiley and Sons, London, UK.
Mode of assessment: CAT / Assignment / Quiz / FAT
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