Development and assessment of hands-on and visualization modules for enhancement of learning in mechanics

ASEE Annual Conference Proceedings

Volumn , Issue , 1999, Pages 1709-1735

  Borchert, Robert ^a   Jensen, Daniel ^a   Yates, David ^b,c  

^a UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR FORCE; ENGINEERING MECHANICS; HANDS-ON AND VISULIZATION MODULES; MECHANICS LEARNING;

COMPUTER AIDED ANALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICS; PHOTOELASTICITY; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; STRESS ANALYSIS; STUDENTS;

ENGINEERING EDUCATION;

EID: 8644272438     PISSN: 01901052     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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