Virtual Lab

I was employed by University of Toronto to design a java applet that simulated the deflection of beams and the associated strains, stresses, etc. The progress of the project is provided below, click on a link to see a java applet at different times of development:

1. Playing with moving of the supports Nov 2, 2002
2. Playing with moving of the loads Nov 20, 2002
3. Distributed loads, textbox control of the supports, beam class Dec 26, 2002
4. Interface for Point loads, Distributed loads Jan 6, 2003
5. Updated interface, control of beam type/size Jan 31, 2003
6. Calculation of support reactions (statically determinate only) Feb 2, 2003
7. Graphing V,M,y (Point loads only)    Applet  /   Screen Shots Feb 24, 2003
8. Fixed the resizing of the graphs, and the discontinuity in V Mar 6, 2003
9. Graphing of V, M, y complete, including distributed loads Mar 7, 2003
10. Added strain gauges, displaying of E, G, I, beam height Mar 18, 2003
11. Fixed scientific number formatting May 2, 2003
12. Playing with strain field May 3, 2003
13. Fixed principal strain field May 21, 2003