CE 512: Structural Dynamics Course

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Instructor’s Name:                Mohamed ElGawady, Ph.D.

Contact:                                 Office Sloan 117

                                              email: melgawady@wsu.edu
                                               phone: 335-1927

Hours Credit:                        3 Semester Hours

Office Hours:                         M, T, and W  1:00 – 2:00 or by appointment

Prerequisites:                       

Course Requirements:         Regular Attendance

                                             Homework Assignments

                                             Two Midterm Exams

                                             Final Exam

Course Meetings:                M, T, and W; 12:00 - 1:00 PM
                                             Room Sloan 32

 

Grading: Homework 20%, midterm 40%, final exam 40%. These weights are approximate; the right to change them later is reserved.

Required Textbook         “Dynamics of Structures, Theory and Applications to Earthquake Engineering” by Anil K. Chopra,                               Third Edition, Prentice Hall, 2006. ISBN 013156174X

Supplemental Textbook:     “Dynamics of Structures” by Ray W. Clough and Joseph Penzien, Second Edition, Mcgraw-Hill           College, 1993, ISBN 0071132414

                                              “Structural Dynamics, Theory and Computation” by Mario Paz and William Leigh, Fifth Edition,           Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2004. ISBN 1402076673