Essentials of Applied Dynamic Analysis

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction

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   Pages 1-29

3. Governing Equation of Motions

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   Pages 31-40

4. Free Vibrations for a Single-Degree-of-Freedom (SDOF) System–Translational Oscillations

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   Pages 41-53

5. Practical Eigenanalysis and Structural Health Monitoring

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   Pages 55-77

6. Solving Eigenproblem for Continuous Systems: Rayleigh Energy Method

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   Pages 79-86

7. Vibration and Buckling Under Axial Loading

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   Pages 87-94

8. Eigenfrequencies of Non-uniform Beams, Shallow and Deep Foundations

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   Pages 95-98

9. Deterministic and Stochastic Motions

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   Pages 99-107

10. Time Domain to Frequency Domain: Spectrum Analysis

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    Pages 109-117

11. Statistics of Motions and Loads

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    Pages 119-139

12. Forced Vibrations

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    Pages 141-172

13. Calculation of Environmental Loading Based on Power Spectra

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    Pages 173-201

14. Vibration of Multi-Degrees-of-Freedom Systems

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    Pages 203-231

15. Damping

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    Pages 233-260

16. Nonlinear Dynamics

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    Pages 261-302

17. Structural Responses Due to Seismic Excitations

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    Pages 303-319

18. Fatigue Assessment

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    Pages 321-372

19. Human Body Vibrations

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    Pages 373-378

20. Vehicle-Structure Interactions

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    Pages 379-398

This book presents up-to-date knowledge of dynamic analysis in engineering world. To facilitate the understanding of the topics by readers with various backgrounds, general principles are linked to their applications from different angles. Special interesting topics such as statistics of motions and loading, damping modeling and measurement, nonlinear dynamics, fatigue assessment, vibration and buckling under axial loading, structural health monitoring, human body vibrations, and vehicle-structure interactions etc., are also presented. The target readers include industry professionals in civil, marine and mechanical engineering, as well as researchers and students in this area.

• Axial Loading
• Damping
• Dynamic Equilibrium
• Earthquake
• Eigenanalysis
• Engineering Applications
• Fatigue Assessment
• Forced Vibrations
• Free Vibrations
• Human Body Vibrations
• Ice
• Nonlinear Dynamics
• Numerical Analysis
• Sea Wave
• Seismic Analysis
• Spectrum Analysis
• Stochastic Dynamics
• Structural Health Monitoring
• Vehicle Dynamics
• Wind

“This book provides an excellent introduction to system dynamics and understanding the dynamic response of structures. … For those working on the dynamics of ocean structures or planning to work in this area this would be an excellent text to begin.” (James K. Thompson, Noise Control Engineering Journal, Vol. 63 (3), May-June, 2015)

• Aker Solutions, Bergen, Norway

  Junbo Jia

Dr. Junbo Jia is an engineering expert at Aker Solutions, Norway. He has extensive experience on marine structural assessment accounting for dynamics and nonlinearity, earthquake engineering, geotechnical engineering, hydrodynamic analysis, structural wind engineering and engineering designs of marine structures. He has been extensively involved in analyses and designs in offshore and energy industries, associated with different types of offshore and onshore structures and foundations. He is currently a committee member of ISO TC67/SC7 Offshore Structures and an invited expert group member of Eurocode 3. He has been invited as guest professor and key speaker by various organizations and research institutes. Dr. Junbo Jia has received several national and international awards such as the Vice Admiral E.L. Cochrane award from the Society of Naval Architects and Marine Engineers (SNAME) and the Best Paper Award from the journal Ships and Offshore Structures. He is the sole author of three comprehensive scientific monographs by Springer. All the three books receive an extensive amount of downloads based on Springer official data. He is also the editor of a book volume by CRC press (with J.K. Paik). He is listed in several global versions of the Who's Who publications. Dr. Jia is an elected member of Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.

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