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Educational interactive LabVIEW programming of a 3D canal surface design
Author(s) -
Allawi Faridoun A.M.
Publication year - 2018
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.21903
Subject(s) - computer science , engineering drawing , geometric modeling , 3d modeling , field (mathematics) , computer programming , bézier curve , interactive design , simulation , computer graphics (images) , human–computer interaction , mechanical engineering , engineering , geometry , programming language , mathematics , pure mathematics
Educational computer programming in geometrical modeling is an interactive dynamic educational method which helps to visualize; interactively and graphically; 3D geometrical models under different design conditions. Students using geometrical modeling in hydraulics can get large amount of geometrical data describing the x, y, and z coordinates of any circular cross‐section of the designed 3D canal transition, a step which is very important in the modeling of field and laboratory 3D canal sections. They can visually and interactively perform mathematical analysis of very complicated models very easily. Educational programming of geometrical modeling is very similar to experimental modeling in which the students gets feedback from the computer program and adjust—if necessary—the model specifications and properties to get the best engineering design. In this paper, the LabVIEW Platform and the 3D Bezier surface design method will be used by the students, as an educational interactive computer programming, for the design of a 3D open circular canal cross‐section having a hydraulic constriction and, a bottom slope of certain dimensions.