The Development of Engineering Mechanics Software as a Self-study Tool of Structural Design

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to get design parameters that can be used as a basis for consideration for the design of the final construction. This is a development research where the product that will be produced is a software. The developed software using Borland Delphi XE 3. The data will be analysed in the form of data nodal displacement, reactions, and styles in, in the form of different relative to the reference software. The data obtained during testing processed and presented in the form of tables and graphs. As comparison to verify the data issued, used MS Excel and commercial program. Based on the results of the research can be deduced that: (1) Program designed still has relative error 0%. This indicates that the program is designed to have the level of thoroughness is good enough, (2) The program can be started with a simple input and can run well without any obstacles, (3) Program is still limited to the delivery of the result is numeric, not display the results in the form of graphics, (4) Input data entered is also still in the form of numbers, not be graphics.