Table of Contents

Part I Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems1 Overview of Structural Dynamics2 Analysis of Free Vibrations3 Response to Harmonic Loading4 Response to Periodic Loading5 Response to Impulsive Loading6 Response to General Dynamic Loading Superposition Methods7 Response to General Dynamic Loading Step-by-step Methods8 Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom SystemsPart II Multi-Degree-of-Freedom Systems9 Formulation of the MDOF Equations of Motion10 Evaluation or Structural-Property Matrices11 Undamped Free Vibrations12 Analysis of Dynamic Response-Using Superposition13 Vibration Analysis by Matrix Iteration14 Selection of Dynamic Degrees of Freedom15 Analysis of MDOF Dynamic Response Step-by-Step Methods16 Variational Formulation of the Equations of MotionPart III Distributed Parameter Systems17 Partial Differential Equations of Motion18 Analysis of Undamped Free Vibrations19 Analysis of Dynamic ResponsePart IV Random Vibrations20 Probability Theory21 Random Processes22 Stochastic Response of Linear SDOF Systems23 Stochastic Response of Linear MDOF SystemsPart V Earthquake Engineering24 Seismological Background25 Free-Field Surface Ground Motions26 Deterministic Structural Response Rigid-Base Excitations27 Deterministic Structural Response28 Stochastic Structural Response