ETools - Web Site for Educational Software in Engineering

Collaborators

• Department of Civil Engineering and Technology Group on Computer Graphics - Tecgraf - PUC-Rio.
• Computational Mechanics Laboratory (LMC) - Department of Structures and Foundation Engineering (PEF) - Polytechnical School of University of São Paulo (EPUSP).
• Center of Studies in Civil Engineering (CESEC) - Department of Civil Construction - Federal University of Paraná (UFPR).
• Laboratory Experimental Structures - (LESE) - University of Passo Fundo (UPF).
• Department of Structural Engineering - Federal University of Minas Gerais (UFMG).
• Department of Structural Engineering - Federal University of Alagoas (UFAL).

Available Tools

• Misulatool: Fundamental solutions for isolated beam with non-uniform cross-section (in Portuguese)
• Fluxovento: Programa para Análise de Ventilação em Ambientes Construídos.
• e-Mohr: Plane Stress Mohr's Circle Educational Tool.
• e-MetFor: Force Method Tutorial (on-line version) (in Portuguese).
  Final Project for Graduation in Civil Engineering - PUC-Rio.
  Authors: Christiana Maurício Niskier and Fernando Souza de Moura Ribeiro.
  Requires installation of Flash 5 plug-in.
• e-MetFor Version 1.00 (off-line version).
• e-MetDes: Displacement Method Tutorial (on-line version) (in Portuguese).
  Final Project for Graduation in Civil Engineering - PUC-Rio.
  Authors: Christiana Maurício Niskier and Fernando Souza de Moura Ribeiro.
  Requires installation of Flash 5 plug-in.
• e-MetDes Version 1.00 (off-line version).
• e-Cross: Moment Distribution Method Educational Tool.
• Ftool: A Frame Analysis Educational Software.

Related Links

• dCluster - Dynamics Simulations using Server Cluster Technology
  Prof. Claudio Luiz Curotto - Departamento de Construção Civil - UFPR
• University of Oklahoma Engineering Media Lab
  eCourses - Online Engineering Course Management System
• ETools na Universidade de Passo Fundo.
  Prof. Zacarias Chamberlain - Laboratório de Ensaios em Sistemas Estruturais - (LESE) - UPF
• ETools na UFPR
  Prof. Sérgio Scheer - Centro de Estudos de Engenharia Civil (CESEC) - UFPR
• Projeto FAPESP / Tecnologia Educacional / Ensino de Engenharia de Estruturas
  Prof. Túlio N. Bittencourt - Laboratório de Mecânica Computacional - EPUSP
• Cornell Fracture Group
• International Center for Numerical Methods in Engineering of Barcelona (CINME)
• Institute for Structural Analysis, Technical University of Graz
• Dr Software: REAL-TIME Structural Analysis for Engineers & Architects
• Study Web -> links to many sites
• Discover Engineering -> for kids
• SimScience
• Ithaca's Science Center
• Tech City (not ready yet)
• Thunder and Lightning
• Yahoo's Engineering Links