"Dynamics and Stability of Hydraulic Structures"

SDOF and MDOF systems - basics and governing equations, free and forced vibrations, arbitrary impact, the Duhamel Integral, response spectrum. Fluid body vibrations, the problem of Westergaard, flow-induced vibrations. Methods for dynamic structural analysis. Earthquakes - description, dynamic parameters of materials and soils. Hydraulic structures under earthquake excitation - modelling, problems and solution approaches: dams, reservoirs, pressure pipelines. The idea of seismic risk.