Alphose Zingoni is professor of structural engineering and mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town. He holds an M.Sc in structural engineering and a Ph.D in shell structures, both earned at Imperial College London. Dr. Zingoni has research interests encompassing shell structures, space structures, vibration analysis, and applications of group theory to problems in computational structural mechanics. He has written numerous scientific papers on these topics, which have been published in leading international journals and presented at various international conferences worldwide.

"… a valuable addition to the structural dynamics literature. In particular, the final six chapters provide a clear, concise and readable account of the group theoretical basis for simplifying the analysis of symmetric structural dynamical systems. … the book’s author presents an application of some of his own research work on group-theoretical formulations aiming to simplify the modelling of structures with symmetry."—Computers and Structures, 2015"… a novel approach to the vibration analysis of symmetric systems. …the book provides comprehensive guidance for students, practitioners and researchers interested in the essentials and group-theoretic formulations of vibration analysis and structural dynamics."—ICE Proceedings-Structures-Buildings Journal, 2015"Strengths of the book are the simplicity and clarity of explaining the basics of structural dynamics, including some worked examples and tutorial questions."—Guido De Roeck, KU Leuven, Belgium"This is a fabulous book, written by a true expert in the field. It is rigorous, but accessible, and it helps to simplify some of the most important but complex dynamics phenomena through an innovative link to the mathematics of group theory. This is a book I must have on my book shelf." —Tim Ibell, President of the Institution of Structural Engineers, Bath, UK"This book is well written and looks at an important topic in civil engineering education. It progresses from a fundamental treatment at undergraduate level to advanced topics at postgraduate coursework level and postgraduate research studies."—Mark Bradford, UNSW Australia

• Part I. Essentials. Introduction. Single degree-of-freedom systems. Systems with more than one degree of freedom. Continuous systems. Finite-element vibration analysis. Part II. Group-theoretic formulations. Basic concepts of symmetry groups and representation theory. Rectilinear models. Plane structural grids. High-tension cable nets. Finite-difference formulation for plates. Finite-element formulations for symmetric elements.

Alphose Zingoni is professor of structural engineering and mechanics in the Department of Civil Engineering at the University of Cape Town. He holds an M.Sc in structural engineering and a Ph.D in shell structures, both earned at Imperial College London. Dr. Zingoni has research interests encompassing shell structures, space structures, vibration analysis, and applications of group theory to problems in computational structural mechanics. He has written numerous scientific papers on these topics, which have been published in leading international journals and presented at various international conferences worldwide.

"… a valuable addition to the structural dynamics literature. In particular, the final six chapters provide a clear, concise and readable account of the group theoretical basis for simplifying the analysis of symmetric structural dynamical systems. … the book’s author presents an application of some of his own research work on group-theoretical formulations aiming to simplify the modelling of structures with symmetry."—Computers and Structures, 2015"… a novel approach to the vibration analysis of symmetric systems. …the book provides comprehensive guidance for students, practitioners and researchers interested in the essentials and group-theoretic formulations of vibration analysis and structural dynamics."—ICE Proceedings-Structures-Buildings Journal, 2015"Strengths of the book are the simplicity and clarity of explaining the basics of structural dynamics, including some worked examples and tutorial questions."—Guido De Roeck, KU Leuven, Belgium"This is a fabulous book, written by a true expert in the field. It is rigorous, but accessible, and it helps to simplify some of the most important but complex dynamics phenomena through an innovative link to the mathematics of group theory. This is a book I must have on my book shelf." —Tim Ibell, President of the Institution of Structural Engineers, Bath, UK"This book is well written and looks at an important topic in civil engineering education. It progresses from a fundamental treatment at undergraduate level to advanced topics at postgraduate coursework level and postgraduate research studies."—Mark Bradford, UNSW Australia

• Part I. Essentials. Introduction. Single degree-of-freedom systems. Systems with more than one degree of freedom. Continuous systems. Finite-element vibration analysis. Part II. Group-theoretic formulations. Basic concepts of symmetry groups and representation theory. Rectilinear models. Plane structural grids. High-tension cable nets. Finite-difference formulation for plates. Finite-element formulations for symmetric elements.