Development of the tool for building structures education and research which can visualize distribution of stress

建筑结构教育方法在专业和理解程度等方面还不够完善，本研究的目的是探索一种新的建筑结构教育方法，使学生掌握建筑结构专业。其次，对某专科学校的学生进行问卷调查。在此基础上，提出了将小尺度模型工具与计算机辅助教学系统相结合的教学方法。小比例尺模型工具的特点是使用了机械发光材料。这些工具也许能够可视化应力的分布。然后，通过压缩实验和弯曲实验证实了该机械发光材料的适用性。

Education methods about building structures are not enough in respect of specialty and degree of comprehension etc. The target of the present study is to develop a new educational method for the students to master the specialty about building structures.Firstly, the authors investigated the previous research works on building structures education. Next, questionnaire for students of a junior college were carried out. Based on these results, the new educational method which combined small scale model tools and CAI system were proposed. The special feature in the small scale model tools is using mechanoluminescence material. These tools may be able to visualize distribution of stress. Then, the authors confirmed applicability of the mechanoluminescence material by compression experiments and bending experiments.