The Next Generation structures range consists of teaching equipment for understanding basic structural principles focusing on beams, bridges and cantilevers for students of mechanical, civil and structural engineering.
The USB interface hub, included with the Structures Platform (STS1) means this entire range of 21 experiments has VDAS Onboard, and directly connects to a computer running VDAS software.
Torsion Package
Complete package for study of Torsion. The package includes Torsion of Circular Sections, Unsymmetrical Bending and Shear Centre and all the hardware needed for the use of the included 10 Seat Structures Software.
Moments Package
Complete package for study of Moments. The package includes Bending Moments in a Beam, Bending Moments in a Portal Frame, Shear Force in a Beam and all the hardware needed for the use of the included 10 Seat Structures Software.
Failure Package
Complete package for study of Failure. The package includes Euler Buckling of a Column, Plastic Bending of Beams, Plastic Bending of Portals and all the hardware needed for the use of the included 10 Seat Structures Software.
Deflections and Stress Package
Complete package for study of Deflection and Stress. The package includes Continuous and Indeterminate Beam, Curved Bars and Davits, Frame Deflections and Reactions, Deflection of Beams and Cantilevers, Bending Stress in a Beam and all the hardware needed for the use of the included 25 Seat Structures Software.
Arches, Bridges and Trusses Package
Complete package for study of Arches, Bridges and Trusses. The package includes Two-Pinned Arch, Fixed Arch, Redundant Truss, Simple Suspension Bridge, Pin-jointed Frameworks and all the hardware needed for the use of the included 25 Seat Structures Software.
PIN JOINTED FRAMEWORKS
An experimental apparatus to allow students to create a wide selection of pin-jointed frameworks and then investigate the effects resulting from applying loading forces to them.
AUTOMATIC DATA ACQUISITION UNIT
A computer interface module with ADA software that allows the hardware experiments in TecQuipment’s Structures Range to be interfaced to a PC (not included).
BENDING MOMENTS IN A PORTAL FRAME
Allows students to investigate the sway, strains, stresses and therefore bending moments of a horizontally and vertically loaded rectangular portal.
BENDING MOMENTS IN A BEAM
A simply supported beam apparatus to demonstrate and investigate the bending moments and forces within a structure.
