KEY BENEFIT An expert on structural dynamics and earthquake engineering, Anil K. Chopra fills an important niche, explaining the material in an approachable style with his Fifth Edition of Dynamics of Structures: Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering. No prior knowledge of structural dynamics is assumed, and the presentation is detailed and integrated enough to make the text suitable for self-study.

As a textbook on vibrations and structural dynamics, this book has no competition. The material includes many topics in the theory of structural dynamics, along with applications of this theory to earthquake analysis, response, design, and evaluation of structures, with an emphasis on presenting this often difficult subject in as simple a manner as possible through numerous worked-out illustrative examples. The Fifth Edition includes new sections, figures, and examples, along with relevant updates and revisions.

KEY TOPICS Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods; Free Vibration; Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations; Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations; Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response; Earthquake Response of Linear Systems; Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems; Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems; Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods; Free Vibration; Damping in Structures; Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems; Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems; Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Linear Systems; Reduction of Degrees of Freedom; Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response; Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity; Introduction to the Finite Element Method; Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings; Earthquake Analysis and Response of Inelastic Buildings; Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings; Structural Dynamics in Building Codes; Structural Dynamics in Building Evaluation Guidelines

MARKET For anyone interested in Structural Dynamics.