Finite Element Programs for Structural Vibrations [Eng.CiviL]

The vibration of structures is of much interest in many branches of engineering. In general, this is because vibrations cause noise and other undesirable effects and very often lead to fatigue failure. Good structural design usually involves the avoidance of harmful vibrations. However, there are some cases when structural vibrations are used as an aid in engineering; for example, when wet concrete is being prepared, or in the operation of certain transducers. Thus, it can be readily appreciated that many engineers require a good knowledge of structural vibrations. Today, the complicated sets of simultaneous equations that are necessary in vibration analysis can readily be tackled with the aid of digital computers. Indeed, the fundamental approach to vibration can now be by numerical rather than analytical methods, so the solution can be automatic, apart from the feeding in of the necessary geometrical and material properties of the structure. This book covers many problems that occur with the vibration of skeletal structures. Six FORTRAN 77 computer programs are presented in Appendices

Finite Element Programs for Structural Vibrations
1991
ISBN 978-1-4471-1888-6
Publisher Springer London