{"id":26,"date":"2012-09-30T20:14:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-30T19:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2012-09-30T20:14:09","modified_gmt":"2012-09-30T19:14:09","slug":"new-learning-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/new-learning-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Resources &amp; tutorials"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>Video tutorials: <\/strong><strong>We\u00a0have been trying our hand\u00a0at movie making!<\/strong><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>The following short video\u00a0resources are available for everyone\u00a0to use and cover the real basics of\u00a0structural analysis.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/Hd8w_7s_78A\" target=\"_blank\">Basics of bending moment diagrams<\/a>:\u00a0Prof\u00a0Tim\u00a0Ibell guides us through the relationship\u00a0between shear forces diagrams and\u00a0bending\u00a0moment diagrams\u00a0for\u00a0simple\u00a0beams.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PI_2DWDZIuQ\" target=\"_blank\">Resolving forces in a truss<\/a>:\u00a0Dr Antony Darby takes us through the very basics of resolving forces in simple truss structures.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>More videos coming soon!<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Assessments &amp; class tests:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong>The two following tests are based on the work of David Brohn and can be used to assess the level of understanding\u00a0among\u00a0students of structural engineer. Both tests require students to draw the deflected shapes and\u00a0corresponding bending\u00a0moment diagrams for a series of structures.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bathblogs.wpengine.com\/structures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2012\/11\/Test1-blogversion.pdf\">Test 1: 2012<\/a> If Question 8 catches you out watch the <a title=\"Question 8 walkthrough\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=P3RHBVsdyDY&amp;feature=plcp\" target=\"_blank\">video tutorial<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/bathblogs.wpengine.com\/structures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2012\/11\/Test2_blogversion.pdf\">Test2: 2012<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Self learning \u00a0exercises<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The \u00a0following \u00a0self learning exercise has been \u00a0used at both Warwick University and Bath\u00a0University\u00a0as a way of allowing \u00a0students to \u00a0understand the concepts and rules behind drawing deflected shapes and both moment and shear force diagrams. Its \u00a0kind of like a 'choose your own \u00a0adventure book' \u00a0but with \u00a0simple beams structures as opposed to wizards!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/files\/\/www\/vhosts\/bathblogs\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/1093\/files\/2012\/09\/learning-programme-bm-and-deflected-shape.ppt\">learning programme bm and deflected shape<\/a> Its in PPT slides, one day soon \u00a0it will \u00a0be HTML. \u00a0Its best viewed in full screen preseanttion mode.\u00a0Many thanks to Toby Mottram at Warwick<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">Structures to see in Bath <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: arial, sans-serif;line-height: normal;font-size: 13px\">This map is a new project which I will be running in Bridge Eng, it <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: arial, sans-serif;line-height: normal;font-size: 13px\">allows our students to locate important structures within our <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: arial, sans-serif;line-height: normal;font-size: 13px\">surrounding area and then upload their own images\/text for discussion in <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: arial, sans-serif;line-height: normal;font-size: 13px\">our tutorial sessions. <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: arial, sans-serif;line-height: normal;font-size: 13px\">If you have any structures that you think our students should take note <\/span><span style=\"color: #222222;font-family: arial, sans-serif;line-height: normal;font-size: 13px\">of, please add them to the map.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>View <a href=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps\/ms?msa=0&amp;msid=202535012262556594667.0004d3a6cf9edff7ca4c7&amp;hl=en&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;ll=51.529359,-3.096728&amp;spn=0.34886,3.669863&amp;t=h&amp;source=embed\">Structures@Bath Map 1<\/a> in a larger map<\/p>\n<p>Links\u00a0for the map<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/\"><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/bathblogs.wpengine.com\/structures\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/51\/2013\/02\/Why-goliath-cranes-are-great.pdf\">Why goliath cranes are great<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Video tutorials: We\u00a0have been trying our hand\u00a0at movie making! 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