Course

Structural Dynamics - CVEN4308

Faculty: Faculty of Engineering

School: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering

Course Outline: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/

Campus: Sydney

Career: Undergraduate

Units of Credit: 6

EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)

Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 4

Enrolment Requirements:

Prerequisites: CVEN3301 OR CVEN2303 and CVEN2002 (or equivalent).

CSS Contribution Charge: 2 (more info)

Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule

Further Information: See Class Timetable

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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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