TY - BOOK AU - Chopra, Anil K. TI - Dynamics of structures: : theory and applications to earthquake engineering SN - 9788131713297 U1 - 624.171 PY - 2011/// CY - New Delhi PB - Pearson KW - Structural dynamics N1 - 1. Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods -- 2. Free Vibration -- 3. Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations -- 4. Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations -- 5. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response -- 6. Earthquake Response of Linear Systems -- 7. Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems -- 8. Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems II. Multi Degree of Freedom Systems -- 9. Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods -- 10. Free Vibration -- 11. Damping in Structures -- 12. Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems -- 13. Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems -- 14. Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Linear Systems -- 15. Reduction of Degrees of Freedom -- 16. Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response -- 17. Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity -- 18. Introduction to the Finite Element Method III. Earthquake Response, Design, and Evaluation of Multistory Buildings -- 19. Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings -- 20. Earthquake Analysis and Response of Inelastic Buildings -- 21. Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings -- 22. Structural Dynamics in Building Codes-- 23. Structural Dynamics in Building Evaluation Guidelines ER -