STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS AND EARTHQUAKE ENGINEERING

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Graduate/professional standing Course Designation: Grad 50% - Counts toward 50% graduate coursework requirement Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Spring 2026 Learning Outcomes: 1. Estimate the dynamic response of single- and multi-degree of freedom systems subjected to arbitrary loads Audience: Graduate 2. Develop closed-formed and numerical solutions to compute the time-history response of single- and multi-degree of freedom systems Audience: Graduate 3. Estimate the earthquake-induced ground motions that can be expected to occur at a given site Audience: Graduate 4. Estimate the response of single- and multi-story buildings subjected to earthquakes Audience: Graduate 5. Given a site and predicted ground motions, establish the layout of the structure to resist earthquake-induced loads and displacements Audience: Graduate 6. Determine the response of the structure to design earthquake ground motions by computing displacements, forces, stresses, deformations, and estimating damage Audience: Graduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Estimate the dynamic response of single- and multi-degree of freedom systems subjected to arbitrary loads Audience: Graduate 2. Develop closed-formed and numerical solutions to compute the time-history response of single- and multi-degree of freedom systems Audience: Graduate 3. Estimate the earthquake-induced ground motions that can be expected to occur at a given site Audience: Graduate 4. Estimate the response of single- and multi-story buildings subjected to earthquakes Audience: Graduate 5. Given a site and predicted ground motions, establish the layout of the structure to resist earthquake-induced loads and displacements Audience: Graduate 6. Determine the response of the structure to design earthquake ground motions by computing displacements, forces, stresses, deformations, and estimating damage Audience: Graduate