Curved bridges with steel/concrete composite girders are used frequently in the recent
years. Analysis of these structural systems presents a variety of challenges. Finite element
method offers the most elaborate treatment for these systems, however its use is limited in
routine design practice due to modeling requirements. In recent years, a finite element
program named UTrAp was developed to analyze construction stages of curved/straight
composite bridges. The original Graphical User Interface could not be used with the
modified computation engine. It is the focus of this thesis work to develop a brand new
Graphical User Interface with enhanced visual capabilities compatible with the engine.
Pursuant to this goal a Graphical User Interface was developed using C++ programming
language together with OPENGL libraries. The interface is linked to the computational
engine to enable direct interaction between two programs. In the following thesis work
the development of the GUI and the modifications to the computational engine are
presented. Moreover, the analysis results pertaining to the newly added features are
checked against analytical solutions and recommendations presented in design
specifications.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:METU/oai:etd.lib.metu.edu.tr:http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12608094/index.pdf |
| Date | 01 December 2006 |
| Creators | Guven, Deniz |
| Contributors | Topkaya, Cem |
| Publisher | METU |
| Source Sets | Middle East Technical Univ. |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | M.S. Thesis |
| Format | text/pdf |
| Rights | To liberate the content for public access |
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