Civil Engineering Informatics Program  
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STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS
(CEI SD-100)
Prof. Dr. Nayer A. El-Esnawy
Practical Training 02

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Problem 1 (40%) P(t) W
Consider a one story building of two columns of height 3.6 m, which are

3.6 m
hinged to the foundation. The beam floor is considered very rigid. The
EIc-x EIc-x
period of vibration of building is 0.5 s. Each column has moment of inertia
about bending axis Ix = 2576 cm4, and elastic modulus of E =2100 t/cm2. y
Frame is subjected to lateral rectangular pulse of amplitude 1.8 t and
duration of 0.1 s.
6.0 m
a. Check the validity of short pulse, and then estimate an approximate
value for peak lateral displacement of floor P(t)
b. Calculate maximum bending moment in each column 1.8

t
0.1 s

Problem 2 (60%)
P(t) W P(t) W
The shown SDDOF model has lumped mass m = 25.272 kg and lateral stiffness u(t)
k = 1000N/m. Consider damping ratio ζ = 5%. Determine and plot dynamic u(t)
response history for analysis time of 3.0 seconds via Excel using: u(t)
a. Classical method of load discretization with linear interpolation k,c k,c
b. Time-stepping method of Newmark of linear accelerations
Use time step ∆t = 0.1 s Dynamic Dynamic
Load Response

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