Development of a Structural Behavior Undergraduate Laboratory

为教授本科生工程师结构的行为提供了设备和实验。教学从简单的线弹性实验开始，逐步通过表现出几何非线性行为的结构(例如，梁-柱)和涉及非弹性材料响应的后线性条件(例如，钢筋混凝土梁的极限承载能力)。所有实验都将使用学生可以轻松预制和建造的小规模结构。这些实验的总体目标是：(I)使学生能够更好地了解结构行为；(Ii)在第一个材料行为实验室课程中获得额外的实验工作经验；以及(Iii)作为一种激励力量，作为一种普遍的丰富他们的教育经验。

Equipment and experiments are provided for teaching the behavior of structures to undergraduate engineers. Instruction begins with simple linear elastic experiments, progressing through structures exhibiting geometrically non-linear behavior (e.g., beam-column) and post linear conditions involving inelastic material response (e.g., the ultimate load capacity of reinforced concrete beams). All experiments will be done using small-scale structures that can be easily prefabricated and built by students. The overall objectives of these experiments are: (i) to enable the student to gain a better understanding of structural behavior; (ii) to give them an additional experience in experimental work beyond that gained in the first materials behavior laboratory course; and (iii) to serve as a motivational force and as a general enrichment of their educational experience.