Description:
Dynamics of Structural Dynamics explains foundational concepts and principles surrounding the theory of vibrations and gives equations of motion for complex systems. The book presents classical vibration theory in a clear and systematic way, detailing original work on vehicle-bridge interactions and wind effects on bridges. Chapters give an overview of structural vibrations, including how to formulate equations of motion, vibration analysis of a single-degree-of-freedom system, a multi-degree-of-freedom system, and a continuous system, the approximate calculation of natural frequencies and modal shapes, and step-by-step integration methods. Each chapter includes extensive practical examples and problems.
This volume presents the foundational knowledge engineers need to understand and work with structural vibrations, also including the latest contributions of a globally leading research group on vehicle-bridge interactions and wind effects on bridges.
Brief description: Dr Chenzhi Cai received his BS degree in civil engineering and MS degree in road and railway engineering from CSU in 2011 and 2015, respectively. He graduated from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University with a Ph.D. degree in civil engineering in 2018 and joined the Department of Bridge Engineering as well as the Wind Tunnel Laboratory of CSU as an associate professor later this year. Dr Cai's main research interests are the fields of noise and vibration control, high-speed railway bridge/elevated subway system, and the train-induced ground vibration isolation. He has participated in several research projects funded by the Hong Kong government and has also received research funding from National Natural Science Foundation of China and Hunan Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China. Dr Cai has published more than 20 papers in international journals, and some of his work is under consideration of acceptance by UK CIBSE Guide.