Mario Paz, William Leigh ... 812 pages - Publisher: Springer; 5th edition (April, 2013) ... Language: English - ISBN-10: 1461350980 - ISBN-13: 978-1461350989.The book is interesting as well as scholarly and encourages the reader
to continue rather than to put it down. The presentation and the many
diagrams are excellent - Structural Engineer. Solution of structural dynamics problems is introduced in this new
edition. This program was selected from among the various professional
programs available because of its capability in solving complex problems
in structures as well as its wide use in professional practice by
structural engineers. SAP2000 includes routines for the analysis and
design of structures with linear or nonlinear behavior subjected to
static or dynamics loads; (material non-linearity or large displacements
non-linearities) and may be used most efficiently in the microcomputer.
The larger versions of SAP2000 have the capability for the analysis of
structures modeled with virtually any large number of nodes. This new
fifth edition of the book uses, almost exclusively, the introductory
version of SAP2000 which has a capability limited to 25 nodes or 25
elements. A CD ROM containing the introductory version of SAP2000 as
well as the educational set of th the program developed by the author is
included in this 5 edition of Structural Dynamics: Theory and
Computation. The set of educational programs in Structural Dynamics
includes programs to determine the response in the time domain or in the
frequency domain using the FFT (Fast Fourier Transform) of structures
modeled as a single oscillator. Also included is a program to determine
the response of an inelastic system with elastoplastic behavior, and
another program for the development of seismic response spectral charts.