MECH.5170 Structural Dynamics (Formerly 22.517)

Description

Prerequisite: MECH.5150 Development of system equations of motion for mdof systems. Proportional and non-proportional damping. Dynamic response using mode superposition, maximum response, frequency domain techniques and direct integration using central difference, Runge-Kutta, Wilson theta, and other techniques. Models developed using MATLAB.

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