Syllabus of University of Pune M.E.Civil (Structures) Semester I-STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS

501403: STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
Teaching Scheme: Examination Scheme:
Lectures : 3 Hrs/Week Theory Paper : 100 Marks
Duration 4 Hrs.
Section I
Unit 1:
Nature of exciting forces, degrees of freedom and mathematical modelling of dynamic systems. Single degree freedom system (SDOF): An undamped and damped free vibrations, Viscous and Coulomb’s damping.

Unit 2:
SDOF system: Undamped and damped Forced Vibrations to harmonic excitations, Fourier analysis of periodic forces. Response to unit impulse and arbitrary loading by Duhamel’s integral.

Unit 3:
SDOF system: Step and Ramp forces, Pulse loadings, Response to ground motion and
transmissibility. Non-linear analysis by step-by-step method with linear acceleration.

Section II
Unit 4:
Multiple degrees of freedom (MDOF) system: Free vibrations of a shear building, fundamental frequencies and mode shapes, Orthogonality of mode shapes, Power and Stodola methods. Concept of Tuned Mass Dampers.

Unit 5:
MDOF System: Forced Vibrations of shear building, transformation of coordinates and mode superposition method, Response to ground motion. Non-linear analysis by Wilson-Theta method.

Unit 6:
Continuous system: Free transverse vibrations of beams for various boundary conditions. Free vibration analysis of a cantilever beam by Rayleigh Ritz and Finite Element Method.

Reference Books
1. Mario Paz – Structural Dynamics Theory and Computation, CBS Publications
2. Anil K Chopra – Dynamics of Structures Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering,
Prentice-Hall Publications
3. R.W Clough and J Penzin – Dynamics of Structures, McGraw Hill Publications
4. R.C. Roy - Structural Dynamics an Introduction to Computer Methods, John Wiley & Sons
Publications
5. Madhujit Mukhopadhyay – Structural Dynamics Vibrations and Systems, Ane Books India
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