Course Details

Introduction to computational dynamics of linear systems, dynamic characteristics of single degree of freedom systems in free and excited oscillations, response to general dynamic excitations, Newton’s laws and Lagrange equations in dynamic modelling of multiple degree of freedom systems, numerical evaluation of natural modes and frequencies of multiple degree of freedom systems, dynamic models of continuous systems, free and excited vibrations of continuous systems, discretization of continuous systems, finite element modelling of structures and dynamic analysis, numerical evaluation of dynamic response in stiff and large systems, component mode synthesis, applications in aeroelasticity, nonlinear dynamic models and linearization, the role of negative damping, self-excited oscillations, local/global stability and bifurcations.