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Microcomputer‐Aided Instruction of Structural Steel Design
Author(s) -
ADELI HOJJAT
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
computer‐aided civil and infrastructure engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.773
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1467-8667
pISSN - 1093-9687
DOI - 10.1111/j.1467-8667.1987.tb00246.x
Subject(s) - microcomputer , curriculum , computer science , interactive design , steel design , interactive learning , engineering drawing , engineering , human–computer interaction , multimedia , civil engineering , psychology , pedagogy , telecommunications , chip
An innovative approach is reported for teaching structural steel design in a civil engineering undergraduate curriculum. It is based on the interactive environment and graphic capabilities of inexpensive microcomputers. Ten BASIC interactive microcomputer‐aided design programs have been developed and used in a senior‐level structural steel design course at the Ohio State University. The approach of interactive design and the interactive microcomputer‐aided design programs make the learning of structural steel design more exciting and result in more effective training of future designers. Students can gain experience and develop insight in structural design while they are still in an academic environment.