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Java-powered virtual laboratories for earthquake engineering education

  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Center for Research in Smart Structures Technology

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Abstract

This paper presents a series of Java-Powered Virtual Laboratories (VLs), which have been developed to provide a means for on-line interactive experiments for undergraduate and graduate education. These VLs intend to provide a conceptual understanding of a wide range of topics related to earthquake engineering, including structural control using the tuned mass damper (TMD) and the hybrid mass damper (HMD), linear and nonlinear base isolation system, and nonlinear structural dynamic analysis of multi-story buildings. A total of five VLs are currently available on-line at: http://cee.uiuc.edu/sstl/java and have been incorporated as a reference implementation of educational modules in the NEESgrid software (http://www.neesgrid.org/).

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)200-212
Number of pages13
JournalComputer Applications in Engineering Education
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 2005

Keywords

  • Base isolation
  • Earthquake engineering
  • Mass dampers
  • Nonlinear dynamic analysis
  • Structural control
  • Virtual laboratory

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