Course Description

CEE 490 Dynamics of Structures

Students are introduced to concepts of structural dynamics and the response of civil engineering structures to time-varying loads, including those due to wind and earthquakes. Topics include: the effects of the mass and damping; random dynamic loads; the design of dynamically sensitive buildings, towers, chimneys and long span bridges.

Antirequisite: The former ES 427a/b, 490

Prerequisite: CEE 340a/b, CEE 341a/b, CEE 342a/b.

2 lecture hours, 2 tutorial hours, full course

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