Credit requirements
Exam requirements
credit has to be given
| grade A | 91-100 points | |
| grade B | 81-90 points | |
| grade C | 71-80 points | |
| grade D | 61-70 points | |
| grade E | 50-60 points |
Important dates
Time Schedule
| Date | Lecture | Tutorial |
| February 21 | introduction to the dynamics, degrees of freedom, | deflection of elastic structures, |
| equation of motion, initial conditions, | systems with single degree of freedom | |
| systems with single degree of freedom | ||
| February 28 | systems with single degree of freedom - response | systems with single degree of freedom - solution |
| to harmonic loading, resonance, | of the equation of motion, initial conditions, | |
| magnification factor | response to harmonic loading | |
| March 6 | systems with single degree of freedom - rotational | systems with single degree of freedom - rotational |
| vibration | vibration | |
| March 13 | systems with single degree of freedom - damped | systems with single degree of freedom - damped |
| vibration | vibration | |
| March 20 | systems with multiple degrees of freedom | systems with multiple degrees of freedom |
| the stiffness method | the stiffness method | |
| March 27 | systems with multiple degrees of freedom | systems with multiple degrees of freedom |
| the compliance method | the compliance method | |
| April 3 | systems with multiple degrees of freedom | systems with multiple degrees of freedom |
| April 10 | systems with multiple degrees of freedom | systems with multiple degrees of freedom |
| response to harmonic loading | response to harmonic loading | |
| April 17 | systems with multiple degrees of freedom | systems with multiple degrees of freedom |
| mode superposition method | mode superposition method | |
| April 24 | impact loading | impact loading |
| April 30 | earthquake loading | systems with continuously distributed mass |
| systems with continuously distributed mass | ||
| May 1 | holiday | |
| May 8 | holiday | |
| May 15 | introduction to dynamic stiffness method | dynamic stiffness method - response to |
| harmonic loading | ||
| recapitulation | recapitulation | |
Homeworks
Office hours
Thursday from 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in D2031. Alternative office hours can be arranged via e-mail.
References
R. Clough, J. Penzien: Dynamics of Structures. McGraw Hill, Inc, 2nd edition, 1993.
P. Paultre: Dynamics of Structures. ISTE Ltd. and John Wiley & Sons, 2005.
A. Preumont: Twelve Lectures on Structural Dynamics. Springer, 2013.