Experimental Demonstration of Statics and Structural Analysis Principles.

Thomson, Robert A.

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ERIC Number: EJ256938

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Publication Date: 1981-Dec

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Experimental Demonstration of Statics and Structural Analysis Principles.

Thomson, Robert A.

Engineering Education, v72 n3 p239-41 Dec 1981

Describes the author's experience with a model structure used to demonstrate the difference between the idealized behavior predicted by theory and the actual behavior of a real structure. The model is a truss bridge with a span of 1.5 meters. (Author/SK)

Descriptors: College Science, Demonstrations (Educational), Engineering Education, Force, Higher Education, Mechanics (Physics), Models, Physics, Science Education, Structural Analysis (Science)

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Language: English

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