TY - GEN
T1 - A new approch to teaching and learning structural analysis
AU - Kitipornchai, S.
AU - Lam, H. F.
AU - Reichl, T.
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - After the 9/11 incident, many structural educators became aware of the importance of inculcating in their students a clear understanding of local and global structural behaviour to develop basic knowledge about the progressive collapse of structures. The authors of this paper have addressed the issue by training students through 'virtual' experiments in a self-learning environment with the help of a newly developed software application, iSA (Instant Structural Analysis). One of the outstanding features of this application is that it allows students to instantly observe the changes in structural behaviour that are induced by changes in loading conditions, structural geometry, support conditions and member properties. This paper not only discusses the need to modify traditional teaching methods in the education of the new generation of structural engineers, but also presents some of the features of iSA that serve as handy tools in the teaching and learning of structural analysis.
AB - After the 9/11 incident, many structural educators became aware of the importance of inculcating in their students a clear understanding of local and global structural behaviour to develop basic knowledge about the progressive collapse of structures. The authors of this paper have addressed the issue by training students through 'virtual' experiments in a self-learning environment with the help of a newly developed software application, iSA (Instant Structural Analysis). One of the outstanding features of this application is that it allows students to instantly observe the changes in structural behaviour that are induced by changes in loading conditions, structural geometry, support conditions and member properties. This paper not only discusses the need to modify traditional teaching methods in the education of the new generation of structural engineers, but also presents some of the features of iSA that serve as handy tools in the teaching and learning of structural analysis.
KW - Computer software
KW - Structural analysis
KW - Virtual experiment
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/67650550980
UR - https://www.scopus.com/record/pubmetrics.uri?eid=2-s2.0-67650550980&origin=recordpage
M3 - RGC 32 - Refereed conference paper (with host publication)
SN - 9789898111821
VL - 1
SP - 379
EP - 383
BT - CSEDU 2009 - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Computer Supported Education
T2 - 1st International Conference on Computer Supported Education, CSEDU 2009
Y2 - 23 March 2009 through 26 March 2009
ER -