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A Comprehensive Solution Manual for Dynamics of Structures, 4/E By Anil K. Chopra, University of California at Berkeley ISBN-10: 0132858037 ISBN-13: 9780132858038

PART I SINGLE-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS
1 Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods
2 Free Vibration
3 Response to Harmonic and Periodic Excitations
4 Response to Arbitrary, Step, and Pulse Excitations
5 Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response
6 Earthquake Response of Linear Systems
7 Earthquake Response of Inelastic Systems
8 Generalized Single-Degree-of-Freedom Systems

PART II MULTI-DEGREE-OF-FREEDOM SYSTEMS
9 Equations of Motion, Problem Statement, and Solution Methods
10 Free Vibration
11 Damping in Structures
12 Dynamic Analysis and Response of Linear Systems
13 Earthquake Analysis of Linear Systems
14 Analysis of Nonclassically Damped Linear Systems
15 Reduction of Degrees of Freedom
16 Numerical Evaluation of Dynamic Response
17 Systems with Distributed Mass and Elasticity
18 Introduction to the Finite Element Method

PART III EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE, DESIGN, AND EVALUATION OF MULTISTORY BUILDINGS
19 Earthquake Response of Linearly Elastic Buildings
20 Earthquake Analysis and Response of Inelastic Buildings
21 Earthquake Dynamics of Base-Isolated Buildings
22 Structural Dynamics in Building Codes
23 Structural Dynamics in Building Evaluation Guidelines