Professional Documents
Culture Documents
u
ii
g
u , which is the basic case of earthquake, considered by civil engineers.
Stiffness is the value of reaction in the spring due to a given displacement (or rotation) of 1 unit.
Mass is the value of lumped mass in a point of structure. Every object contributes mass to the
structure from the mass density of its material. Mass values are in
2
forcetime
length
units. In structural
engineering design mass is in
2
kNsec
m
which is equal to ton (
2
kNsec
1 =1
m
ton ).
Mass moments of inertia
The rotational mass moments of inertia are in units. In structural engineering
design mass moment of inertia is in , i.e. .
2
forcelengthtime
1 kNmsec =1
2
kNmsec
2 2
tonm
Degrees of Freedom.
In mechanics, degrees of freedom (DOF) are the set of independent displacements and/or rotations
that specify completely the displaced or deformed position and orientation of the body or system.
This is a fundamental concept relating to systems of moving bodies in mechanical engineering,
aeronautical engineering, robotics, structural engineering, etc.
force
(or moment)
Some review from Strength of materials.
displacement
(or rotation)
k spring constant
1
spring constant k
u
[kN/m]
spring
constant k
v
[kN/m]
spring
constant k
[kNm/rad]
m
u(t)
..
u
g
(t)
u(t)
m
k k k
..
u
g
(t)
Some single degree of freedom systems (SDOF)