Overview 1
PART Ⅰ SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS 1
1 Equations of Motion,Problem Statement,and Solution Methods 3
2 Free Vibration 39
3 Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations 65
4 Response to Arbitrary,Step,and Pulse Excitations 125
5 Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response 165
6 Earthquake Response of Linear Systems 197
7 Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems 257
8 Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems 305
PART Ⅱ MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS 343
9 Equations of Motion,Problem Statement,and Solution Methods 345
10 Free Vibration 401
11 Damping in Structures 447
12 Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems 467
13 Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems 507
14 Reduction of Degrees of Freedom 593
15 Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response 609
16 Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity 629
17 Introduction to the Finite Element Method 661
PART Ⅲ EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE AND DESIGN OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS 687
18 Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings 689
19 Earthquake Response of Inelastic Buildings 707
20 Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings 731
21 Structural Dynamics in Building Codes 755
APPENDIX A FREQUENCY-DOMAIN METHOD OF RESPONSE ANALYSIS 783