Learning Apps are educational resources addressing an array of Natural Hazards Engineering principles. These software applications demonstrate basic and advanced modeling and simulation concepts. Downloadable apps, user manuals, lesson plans, user feedback, and relevant resources are available on the resource page below.
The Knowledge Hub/Teaching Gallery includes additional resources for NHE educators.
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This application explores the effects of different building parameters and ground motions on the time history response of a building.
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| V1.1 Jan 2018 |
| V1.0 Sep 2017 |
This application provides a dynamic interface to study the behavior of a pile or pile-group in layered soil; interactively (and nearly instantly) observe the system's response to changes.
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| V2.1 Nov 2018 |
| V2.0 Aug 2018 |
| V1.0 Sep 2017 |
This application allows the user to compare the responses of buildings subjected to earthquake and wind loading.
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| V1.0 June 2018 |
This application is intended to inform users on how braced frames can be modeled when performing numerical simulations of the entire building.
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| V1.0 Sep 2018 |
The is the acronym for Shear Wall Intelligent Modeling. The word "Intelligent" indicates this application is AI-enabled. Shear walls are commonly used lateral resisting systems in buildings. During large events, particularly seismic events, the buildings may experience shear failure of these walls.
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| V1.0.1 Oct 2019 |
| V1.0 Sep 2019 |
This tool focuses on simulating wave propagation through a soil column using the finite element (FE) method.
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| V1.5 July 2020 |
| V1.0 Sep 2019 |
This tool examines a one-dimensional layered soil profile by comparing the output (surface) motion induced by a given input (bedrock) motion through the transfer function principle.
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| V1.0 Sep 2020 |
To prepare researchers for advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) applications, CFD Notebooks introduces the topic through a series of interactive Jupyter notebooks hosted on DesignSafe.
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| V1.0 Oct 2020 |