Virtual Tensile Test.

This Computer Aided Learning (CAL) program was created by Rebecca Allen (Faculty of Technology) and provides students with an introduction to materials (tensile) testing. An understanding of materials testing is essential for graduate mechanical engineers. The simulator is especially relevant for materials science and structural mechanics classes. It takes the user/s through the essential steps of conducting a tensile test, shows a test being performed (in real-time) and then provides the specimens actual load-deflection data for analysis. The purpose of the program is therefore to familiarise the students with the testing equipment and to support or supplement the concepts and theories presented in the lecture theatres and tutorial rooms. The program can be used in a classroom environment (or embedded within a distance-education course) to show how the mechanical properties of a specific material (in this case mild steel) can be characterised using experimental methods.


For further information please contact Rebecca Allen - Faculty of Technology Learning Technologist