Class Structure Dynamics and Seismic Engineering

The main objective of the Structural Dyanamics and Seismic Engineering is that the students acquire knowledge to characterize the behavior of current Civil Engineering structures under the effect of dynamic actions, such as earthquakes, cyclic loads and blasts. First, the fundamental concepts and aspects of the dynamic response of structures are introduced, as well as the classical methods used to solve dynamic structural problems. Next, the definition of seismic action according to the European Norms and the analysis of structures under these types of events are introduced.

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Introduction to the dynamics of structures Dynamic response of one degree-of-freedom systems Free vibrations Harmonic excitation Seismic actions Dynamic response of systems with multiple degrees-of-freedom Stiffness, mass and damping matrices Response to earthquakes Multi-modal response spectrum analysis Equivalent static analysis Structural design for seimic resistance (Eurocode 8)

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Slides, Exercícios e outros materiais de apoio disponibilizados ao longo do semestre A. K. Chopra (2014). Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering. Pearson, 4ª Edição. R. W. Clough & J. Penzien (2003). Dynamics of structures. Computers & Structures, 3ª Edição. NP EN 1998-1:2010 - Eurocódigo 8 - Projeto de estruturas para resistência aos sismos - Parte 1: Regras gerais, ações sísmicas e regras para edifícios