Desarrollo de un laboratorio virtual para ensayos de caracterización de áridos y ensayos de hormigón fresco, etapa II.

Abstract

Abstract: The virtual laboratories are called to be a tool of great importance in the practical learning of engineering careers in general and in particular of the civil engineering career. For this reason, the academy has to seek the adaptation of this type of laboratory to the new ways of transferring knowledge. With the objective of contributing to the development of this knowledge at a practical level, in the present work the development of a virtual laboratory based on mechanical testing practices was proposed. In this sense, a virtual test laboratory was developed, based on the data from the practices of the Material Resistance laboratory of the Private Technical University of Loja. This developed software simulates seven aggregate characterization test practices and three fresh concrete test practices. It was possible to verify based on studies carried out that there are great benefits of virtual laboratories at an educational level. These allow optimizing resources by avoiding maintenance costs, equipment purchases and, above all, the reduction in capacity.