This course introduces fundamental concepts of structural dynamics. It serves as an introductory course for graduate students in civil and mechanical engineering. This course starts from fundamental concepts and formulation of structural dynamic problems. Then, analysis in time-domain and frequency-domain will be introduced. Numerical methods will be delivered with consideration in accuracy, efficiency and stability.

CILO-1: Mathematically describe dynamic equilibrium equations of a single-degree-of-freedom system and multiple-degree-of-freedom system. CILO-2: Apply the fundamental dynamic properties to investigate the dynamic behavior of the structure. CILO-3: Apply different mathematical methods to analyze the dynamic displacement and acceleration for engineering structures.