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Central
to this E-learning project is the computer program
EasyStatics which was specially developed to be
an instrument for teaching structural analysis and
design to undergraduate students in architecture
and civil engineering.
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EasyStatics acts as a virtual
structural laboratory by instantaneously
providing the results (displacements, section forces, ultimate load
factors, eigenfrequencies, etc.) of many kinds of
virtual experiments. This helps students understand
the influence of design parameters like span lengths,
section stiffness or support conditions on the way
loaded structures behave - an essential requirement
for sound structural design.
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The use of EasyStatics is intuitive, like a hand
calculator or a video game. Its functionality,
however, is non-trivial as it shows all the basic
structural analysis concepts a designer of load-carrying
structures needs to understand.
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Besides the computer program a learning
platform for students and
teachers has been developed. This allows one to prepare
lessons, demonstrations and exercises for any
basic course on structural analysis and design
in a most flexible way.
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