CEGR 631 - Structural Dynamics

3 hours.
3 Credits

Free and forced vibrations of damped and undamped, single-degree-of-freedom and multidegree-of- freedom systems. Langrange’s equations; transient and steady-state vibrations; eigenvalue analysis for natural frequencies and normal modes; analysis and stability of structural components (including beams, cables and large systems inshore, offshore, and in space). Time-domain vs. frequency domain analysis; classical approximate methods, Rayleigh method, Dunkerley’s equation, Rayleigh Ritz Method, Myklestad’s Method for beams; introduction to random vibrations.

Offered (AS NEEDED)