Advanced Topics in Structural Dynamics

B.F. Spencer, Jr.

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
This course is designed to give student a working understanding of the several advanced concepts in
structural dynamics that are necessary for conducting research in the field.
Class room: Environment and Information Sciences 1 S7- building 6F meeting room(tentative)
June 2 1300-1430 Class#1:
Review Classical Modal Analysis
State space analysis
Complex mode shapes and limitations of the Rayleigh damping approximation
Homework: Analysis of a 6-story shear building with seismic damper
June 5 1300-1430 Class #2:
Assumed modes method for SDOF structures
Lagranges equations
Assumed modes method for MDOF structures
Homework: Analysis of building of damped outrigger
June 9 1300-1430 Class #3:
Concepts of random vibration
Analysis of hysteretic structures using the Bouc-Wen model
Equivalent linearization
Homework: Analysis of two-story shear building exhibiting hysteretic response using
Simulink
June 12 1300-1430 Class #4:
Sensors
Data acquisition and analysis
Digital signal processing
Homework: Laboratory demonstrating sensor calibration, aliasing, quantization, and spectral
leakage (if laboratory is not available, then this can be done via Simulink)
June 16 1300-1430 Class #5:
Relationship between impulse response and frequency response
Extraction of modes and frequencies from experimental data
Homework: Laboratory to identify modes and frequencies using tools introduced in class (if
laboratory is not available, then this can be done via Simulink
June 19 No class
June 23 1300-1430 Class #6:
Introduction to frequency domain (MFDID) and time-domain (ERA/NExT/RD) methods for
system identification
Homework: Laboratory to identify modes and frequencies using tools introduced in class (if
laboratory is not available, then this can be done via Simulink)
June 26 1300-1430 Class #7:
Overview of Smart Structures Technology: Wireless Smart Sensors and Structural Control
Or Exam or Presentation of Final Project Results (to be discussed)