Dynamics of Structures

Source:Roberto Leon, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA

It is rare nowadays that a whole year goes by without a major earthquake event wreaking havoc somewhere around the world. In some cases, like the 2005 Banda Ache earthquake in Indonesia, the damag...

Structural dynamics, or the analysis of structure's behavior when subjected to dynamic forces, is critical both for designing buildings able to resist earthquake and fatigue loads, and for providing occupant comfort in structures subjected to wind and other types of cyclic loads.

In order to develop resilient design strategies for our cit...