{"id":68,"date":"2012-10-01T15:38:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-01T14:38:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/?page_id=68"},"modified":"2012-10-01T15:38:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-01T14:38:54","slug":"structural-models","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/structural-models\/","title":{"rendered":"Structural Models"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sometimes its not easy to visualise structural behaviour, the\u00a0use of physical models can help students to understand simple concepts such as deflected shape or\u00a0more complex concepts such as superposition.\u00a0Whether its bendy\u00a0rulers or student\u00a0built frames every demonstration helps.<\/p>\n

Below\u00a0are some of the physical models\u00a0used in the teaching of structural engineering\u00a0in Bath<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Small demonstration\u00a0 models<\/span><\/strong> \u00a0<\/div>\n

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At the recent Institution of Structural Engineering Academics Conference we\u00a0gave\u00a0away\u00a040 structural models\u00a0to\u00a0over 20 different UK\u00a0 universities teaching\u00a0Civil Engineering.<\/div>\n
If you werent\u00a0lucky enough to grab one\u00a0 you email\u00a0 structures@bath.ac.uk<\/a> for a\u00a0copy of the plans.<\/div>\n
If you\u00a0were lucky enough to\u00a0grab one please upload a picture of it in use.<\/div>\n
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Larger\u00a0demonstration models<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/div>\n
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Sometimes bigger is better, especially when you can feel actions and reactions. This coming year our 2nd year students will be building and playing with a series of large structural frames,\u00a0 similar to the one shown below.\u00a0 More pictures will\u00a0 be posted!<\/p>\n

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Sometimes its not easy to visualise structural behaviour, the\u00a0use of physical models can help students to understand simple concepts such as deflected shape or\u00a0more complex concepts such as superposition.\u00a0Whether its bendy\u00a0rulers or student\u00a0built frames every demonstration helps. Below\u00a0are some of...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-68","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/68\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.bath.ac.uk\/structures\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}