Great teaching tool for statics
What a wonderful tool. As an engineering professor who frequently teaches Statics and Mechanics of Materials, I think this is a wonderful tool to teach my students about trusses, frames, and beams. It helps me generate teaching and practice problems, and it helps me demonstrate concepts to students who are struggling with analyzing trusses or constructing shear and moment diagrams.
I would love it if the program could handle other types of distributed loads — perhaps a linearly or parabolically increase along the length of a beam? It would make a great program even better.
Also, a great next step would be the ability to enter the modulus of elasticity and moment of inertia for the member, and have the app calculate the deflection along with the internal shear force and moment. Perhaps in a future update? I’d find it a really useful teaching tool, and it’s the logical next step once you have shear and moment diagrams. Thanks for a great app!
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