Kirk Martini: Arcade: Real-time Interactive Structural Analysis
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Students using Arcade in a lab exercise.
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Arcade model of structure resisting blast
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Students using Arcade in a lab exercise.
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Arcade model of a frame collapse
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Arcade model of truss collapse
Project Details
2000-2009
Arcade is software for interactive nonlinear dynamic structural analysis using computational methods from computer games. It has been applied in elementary and advanced structural analysis in architecture programs and engineering programs around the world. It was developed with support from the National Science Foundation.
Arcade won the 2007 Premiere Award for Engineering Courseware.
Visit the Arcade website for more information. It is freely available for download.
Publications:
- A New Kind of Software for Teaching Structural Design, 2006 Building Technology Educators Conference
- Real-Time Non-linear, Dynamic Simulation in Teaching Structures: Elementary to Advanced, 2005 American Society of Engineering Education Conference