Title :
Visualizing the invisible foundation collapse mechanisms
Author :
Couto Marques, Jose
Author_Institution :
Fac. of Eng., Univ. of Porto, Porto, Portugal
Abstract :
Every civil engineering structure relies on the good performance of its foundation, whose function of safely transmitting load to the ground is carried out away from our eyes. With the purpose of giving visibility to this process this paper describes two IT tools and a small-scale experimental setup that have been developed as learning aids for the study of the behavior and bearing capacity of shallow foundations by Civil Engineering students.
Keywords :
computer aided instruction; engineering education; foundations; structural engineering computing; IT tools; civil engineering structure; civil engineering students; foundation collapse mechanisms; learning aids; shallow foundation bearing capacity; shallow foundation behavior; small-scale experimental setup; Engineering education; Failure analysis; Finite element analysis; Loading; Soil; Strain; Visualization; computers in education; geotechnical engineering; structural engineering; student experiments;
Conference_Titel :
Global Engineering Education Conference (EDUCON), 2015 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Tallinn
DOI :
10.1109/EDUCON.2015.7096078
