Content, progress and pedagogy of the
module
Objective:
Students who complete the module:
Learning objectives
Knowledge
- Understand how kinematics of different structural elements are
related to general continuum mechanics.
- Understand fundamental properties of structural systems with
emphasis on their impact on the dynamic response.
- Know fundamental theories and methods for analysis of dynamic
structural response.
- Have an understanding of the solution procedure in Finite
Element Analysis of linear elastic dynamic problems.
- Have a basic knowledge and understanding of experimental work
related to dynamic testing of structures.
Skills
- Use correct terminology for structural dynamic analysis.
- Based on general continuum mechanics, be able to formulate a
model for a given structural problem, and based on the assumed
kinematics, to establish a finite element formulation with the aid
of the principle of virtual work.
- Be able to analyse the dynamic response of
single-degree-of-freedom systems.
- Be able to analyse the dynamic response of
multi-degree-of-freedom systems.
- Be able to analyse the dynamic response of structures in time
domain and frequency domain.
- Be able to conduct modal analysis of structures.
- Develop and implement a Finite Element software code for
dynamic analysis of a multi-degree-of-freedom system.
- Be able to use a commercial Finite Element code for analysing
the dynamic response of a given structure.
- Be able to plan and set up a test for determining dynamic
structural response.
Competences
- Be able to analyse the dynamic response of a civil engineering
structure.
- Be able to select appropriate analysis methods for the analysis
of dynamic structural response.
- Be able to compare results obtained from different analysis
methods and be able to judge the quality of the results.
- Be able to quantify errors associated with different types of
analysis and evaluate the methods regarding assumptions and
simplifications.
Type of instruction
Lectures, etc. supplemented with project work, workshops,
presentation seminars, lab tests.
Extent and expected workload
Since it is a 5 ECTS project module, the workload is expected to
be 150 hours for the student.
Exam
Exams