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A web‐based educational software for structural dynamics
Author(s) -
Panagiotopoulos Christos G.,
Manolis George D.
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
computer applications in engineering education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.478
H-Index - 29
eISSN - 1099-0542
pISSN - 1061-3773
DOI - 10.1002/cae.21735
Subject(s) - computer science , software , modal analysis , frame (networking) , the internet , modal , software package , software engineering , computer graphics (images) , world wide web , finite element method , structural engineering , engineering , telecommunications , programming language , chemistry , polymer chemistry
In this work, we present a web‐based educational package for teaching structural dynamics, as well as for providing an easily accessible on‐line tool for interactive experimentation that is useful for both undergraduate and graduate training. Current version of the package comprises five software modules, namely (1) response history analysis of a single‐degree‐of‐freedom system, (2) modal analysis and time history analysis of a single‐storey space frame, (3) modal analysis and time history analysis of planar frames up to three stories in height, (4) generation of response spectra from ground acceleration signals, and (5) generation of synthetic ground motions for layered soil formations. These second‐generation software moduli are now freely available over the internet and were derived from a previously developed educational package that has been used over the past 5 years as a virtual laboratory for teaching structural dynamics fundamentals to civil engineering undergraduates. © 2016 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Comput Appl Eng Educ 24:599–614, 2016; View this article online at wileyonlinelibrary.com/journal/cae ; DOI 10.1002/cae.21735