Full Courses using Multimedia

• University of Oklahoma
  has multimdedia (animations, sound, graphics) and Shockwave simulations for Statics and Dynamics
  These sites have the most extensive
  use of amimations/simulations to
  cover a full engineering course.
  

Statics

• Beam Analysis

Trusses

• Johns Hopkins Virtual Laboratory
  A truss bridge design applet,
  description and applet will calculate resultant forces and internal member forces. The interactive truss program works well in an easy to use format.
• West Point Bridge Designer
• JavaFE applet used to analyze 2D truss/frame structures.

Vectors

• Vector Arithmetic java applet includes subtraction, dot product. There are a number of applets which show vector addition, and subtraction. This one also includes the dot product.
• Vector Sum--Net Force

Dynamics

Many resources available have been built for physics courses. The University of Oregon Department of Physics has a number of physics applets including:

• Projectile Exercise where user modifies parameters to hit target.
• Another Cannon. This applet is presented as an exercise, prompting the user to adjust parameters to hit the target,
• inclined plane
• Impulse & Friction
• Kinetic Energy
• Conservation of Linear Momentum
• Unit Converter

Colos. A large volume of resources here, mainly demonstrating physics principles. These demos often display the vectors representing velocity, so the user can see the vectors changing during the simulation. Colos = conceptual learning of science. A number of java applets demonstrating physics principles. For many of the simulations, vectors are displayed in real time. Simulations include:

• pendulum
• vector addition
• center of gravity
• collisions
• frictional force
• orbits and many others

More Applets:

• Motion Along a Curve (VA tech)
• Projectile Motion (VA Tech)
• Physics Java Applets (Univ of Wisconsin)
• Collision Simulator (University of VA)

Syracuse Physics Department Educational Models and Simulations:

• Cross Product Tutorial The cross product tutorial is one of the few resources found to show vectors in 3D.
• Gravity Simulation
• Kepler's Second Law
  

Dynamics, continued

• Web Lab Elastic Pendulum (Italian)
• Cam Follower Motion Simulation

Projectile Motion

• Projectile Motion Graph Shows graph of projectile motion (displayed in actual time), Velocity, Firing Angle and Gravity parameters may be modified. (java applet)
• Projectile Motion applet shows graph, velocity, angle parameters may be adjusted, includes air resistance capability.
• 2D Collisions

Mechanics of Materials

• Mohr's Circle
• Efunda Engineering Fundamentals, has online calculators such as
  beam bending. This site requires a subscription (short time free trial). Extensive set of engineering calculators related to beam analysis for various loadings, cross-sections, etc...
• "Visual Mechanics of Materials" PC program has design worksheets, text and graphics instructional materials. Screen Capture can be downloaded from NEEDS, digital library for engineering education.
• MDSolids PC Based program companion for textbook Mechanics of Materials (author: Roy Craig, Jr.) published by Wiley.
• Structural Software Reinforced Concrete column applet
  

General

• engApplets Java Applets For Engineering Education has applets, including Mohr's Circle
• Project Links Mathematics and its Applications in Engineering and Science has a number of applets.
• Martindale's The Reference Desk Resource of links to online calculators.
• The Complete Engineering Resource Guide. OHU Links to various engineering resources
• AAEE Scholarly Resources
  collection of links to other online resources

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Text & Graphics

Full Course

University of Nebraska has online text and graphics materials for the following courses

• Statics
• Dynamics
• Mechanics of Materials

University of Wisconsin physics department has online material for a statics course. Text and Graphics.

General

• Stability and Simple Trusses a text and graphics tutorial.
• Engineering Mechanics: Dynamics
  (book on amazon.com) "this state-of-the-art reference focuses on the power and widespread use of modern computational tools -- e.g., Mathcad, MATLAB, Mathematica, and Maple - for solving the dynamics problems for general time and plotting and visualizing the response."
• Beam Analysis screen shots of apple based programs called "Dr. Beam and Dr. Stress
• Engineer's Edge Design engineering and manufacturing online resource
• Deformable Basketball Net Cool looking basketball net simulation