Adaptive Use of Historic Truss Bridges for Civil Engineering Instruction

工程-土木工程(54)这个项目正在利用一座历史悠久的桁架桥来改进土木工程本科教育中的两门课程，结构分析和施工方法。桁架桥的适应性使用为提高学生创建高质量结构计算机模型和制定高质量施工计划的能力提供了工具。通过这个项目，学生们对实际结构和理论结构在分析和构造方面的差异有了深刻的理解。该项目包括四个部分：(1)为行人使用的历史桁架桥制定适应使用的协议，(2)制定一系列基于历史桁架桥适应使用的施工规划、排序和评估任务，(3)制定桥梁的仪器计划，以及(4)制定结构分析课程的任务，该课程使用桁架构件中测量的挠度和力，并将它们与理论值进行比较。正在对该项目进行严格评估，以确定对学生学习的影响，编写的材料正在广泛传播，以供其他机构采用。

Engineering - Civil (54)This project is utilizing an historic truss bridge to improve two courses in undergraduate civil engineering education, Structural Analysis and Construction Methods. The adaptive use of the truss bridge provides a vehicle for improving student's ability to create high quality computer models of structures and to develop high quality construction plans. Through this project, students are gaining a deep understanding of the differences that occur between real and theoretical structures in both analysis and construction. The project comprises four parts: (1) development of a protocol for adaptive use of historic truss bridges for pedestrian use, (2) development of a series of construction planning, sequencing, and estimating assignments that are based on the adaptive use of an historic truss bridge, (3) development of an instrumentation plan for the bridge, and (4) development of assignments for a structural analysis course that uses the measured deflections and forces in truss members and compares them to theoretical values. The project is being rigorously assessed to determine the impact on student learning and the materials developed are being widely disseminated for adoption at other institutions.