Forced and Damped Motions: Analysis of vibrations Civil Engineering Structures

Abstract

Civil engineers constantly deal with projects of the most diverse structures. In an equilibrium perspective, those structures can be divided into isostatic, hyperstatic and hypostatic systems, and are constantly subject to several external actions forces like loads of people and vehicles, actions of the winds, earthquakes, explosions and others [1, 2]. A suitable understanding of the response to external excitations is a fundamental way to optimize the civil construction processes as well as to improve the safety factors associated with each component of the structure. [...]