Shear Column - NEES

EducationWashington University – St. LouisObjective:To provide undergraduate students with an inquiry-basededucational tool to understand assumptions used in numericalmodeling and their implications by performing a comparison ofnumerical and experimental data.Instructional Goals:• Users select the dimensions of the column they want to examine,e.g. the column geometry, section details, and materialproperties.• Two different analysis methods (linear and non-linear structuralbehavior) are implemented to consider different modeling assumptions.• A comparison between numerical and experimental results canbe performed.