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Structural Dynamics - CVEN4308
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Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Undergraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisites: CVEN3301 and CVEN2002 (or equivalent).
 
 
CSS Contribution Charge:Band 2 (more info)
 
   
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
  

Description

Fundamentals of structural dynamic analysis for discrete and continuous structures; free and forced vibration of single and multiple degrees of freedom systems; normal modal analysis; transient dynamic analysis by numerical integration; response spectrum; introduction to nonlinear dynamic analysis of structures; wind, earthquake, human-induced vibration and wave loads: definitions and effects on structures; design of structures to resist dynamic loads.


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