Development of a virtual reality structural analysis system

Journal of Architectural Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 156-164

  Setareh, Mehdi ^a   Bowman, Doug A ^b   Kalita, Alex ^b,c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University   (United States)

^c MICROSOFT   (United States)

Author keywords

Computer aided instruction; Earthquakes; Imaging techniques; Simulation models; Structural analysis

Indexed keywords

SIMULATION MODELS; VIRTUAL STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS PROGRAM (VSAP);

COMPUTER AIDED INSTRUCTION; EARTHQUAKE EFFECTS; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; INTERFACES (COMPUTER); PERSONAL COMPUTERS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29044447466     PISSN: 10760431     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1061/(ASCE)1076-0431(2005)11:4(156)     Document Type: Article

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