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Usually ships in 1 business days | | | | | | Designed for senior-level and graduate courses in Dynamics of Structures and Earthquake Engineering. The text includes many topics encompassing the theory of structural dynamics and the application of this theory regarding earthquake analysis, response, and design of structures. No prior knowledge of structural dynamics is assumed and the manner of presentation is sufficiently detailed and integrated, to make the book suitable for self-study by students and professional engineers. | | | |
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| | Product Details | | Author: | Anil K. Chopra | | Hardcover: | 912 pages | | Publisher: | Prentice Hall | | Publication Date: | September 01, 2006 | | Language: | English | | ISBN: | 013156174X | | Product Width: | 1.81 centimeters | | Product Height: | 2.37 centimeters | | Product Weight: | 0.03 pounds | | Package Length: | 9.3 inches | | Package Width: | 7.1 inches | | Package Height: | 1.6 inches | | Package Weight: | 3.2 pounds | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 7 reviews |
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5 of 5 found the following review helpful:
 Good but not great Dec 23, 2009
By Hamid Mahmoodi
"peja"
If you want to learn the THEORY of structural dynamics, this is not the best book to get. This book does not cover many of the derivations and mathematics that are behind structural dynamics; rather, it gives a brief presentation of the theory and goes directly into earthquake engineering applications. If you want to learn the core fundamentals and theory of structural dynamics, I would highly recommend J.L. Humar's textbook: "Dynamics of Structures." That being said, it IS an excellent textbook for earthquake engineering, and is probably most valuable for practicing structural engineers or for any earthquake engineering course.
2 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Excellent book in dynamics Mar 02, 2010
By Neal Kwong
"Simon"
The organization and presentation is excellent. It is organized into two main parts: single degree of freedom systems(SDF) and multiple degree of freedom systems(MDF). An in-depth study of SDF systems comes first naturally since MDF systems can be viewed as solving multiple SDF systems. In terms of rigor, many proofs and derivations are provided. These are usually kept separate at the end of various sections within the chapters such that the reader would not get lost in the details. The problems are also wonderful in that they challenge the reader to think critically about the subject. In short, it is a great book for students exposed to dynamics for the first time.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The best book for a structural engineer, hands down. Aug 18, 2010
By bears24
I had the great opportunity of taking my dynamics class with Dr. Chopra. His book is amazing, and you will not find a practicing structural engineer without one of the editions of Dynamics of Structures in their bookshelf!
Nice time framing Jan 21, 2012
By Fer
I'm so happy with the time and product. I definitely buy another product from them. I used and it was fantastic.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
 Not A Good Way To Learn, Okay Reference Nov 15, 2011
By AnEngineeringCollegeStudent
This book may be usable as a reference, but it is definitely useless as a textbook. Unfortunately my professor for structural dynamics is not exactly stellar at teaching (nice guy, but useless if you're trying to learn from him). Because of this, I've been doing what I normally do in this situation, which is learn from the textbook. Unfortunately, it is almost impossible to learn structural dynamics from this book unless you have a pretty strong background in the subject. There are very few examples, most of which have no relation to the given problems. Chopra also enjoys substituting variables in for long expressions, which is great for shortening things, but not so handy when you're trying to keep track of these new-found variables in an equation while trying to work through problems. All of the equations are also fairly unorganized, which again, if you know what you're doing, they may be easy to pick out, but if you're unfamiliar with them, not so much. I was tempted to give two stars, because there are some answers in the back to give you some hint of whether or not you're doing the right work, but they're in the most unpractical forms ever. Even if you do get a correct answer and would like to check, you'll probably make yourself wrong converting something somewhere, or missing simple math in static condensation, which then leads you to question your original method entirely.
If this is required for a course, I hope you have a good professor. At the very least the material is interesting.
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