‘structures: a visual exploration’ by paul kassabian
developed by paul kassabian, a professional structural engineer and teacher at MIT, the application ‘structures: a visual exploration’ helps architects and students better conceptualize the way bridges and other complex architectures behave. it provides an animated, visual understanding of how things work and how they all interconnect. for example, it is capable of demonstrating how arches buckle based on thrustlines that are the opposite shape of a cable, how bending moments in beams and frames are generated, or showing how prestressed beams work.
the app is available for download via the iTunes store here:
chapter on arches
chapter on trusses
chapter on frames
truss structure in detail
column structure in detail
comparison of beams
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