• Dynamic loading of structures. Differences from static loading.
• Dynamic analysis of single-degree-of-freedom systems. The equation of motion of single-degree-of-freedom systems for dynamic loads and earthquake excitations. Stiffness and damping of single-degree-of-freedom systems. Free vibration of single-degree-of-freedom systems. Forced vibration ofsingle-degree-of-freedom systems. Generalized single-degree-of-freedom systems. Computer-aided dynamic analysis of single-degree-of-freedom systems.
• Dynamic analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom systems (structures). The equation of motion of multi-degree-of-freedom systems (structures) for dynamic loads and earthquake excitations. Free vibration of multi-degree-of-freedom systems. The eigenvalue mathematical problem. Natural frequencies (eigenfrequencies) and natural mode shapes (natural modes, eigenvectors). Methods for the calculation of eigenvalues and eigenvectors. Forced vibration response of multi-degree-of-freedom systems.Dynamic analysis of multi-degree-of-freedom systems (structures) using the modal superposition method or the step-by-step numerical time integration method. Computer-aided dynamic analysis of structures.