An Online Mechanical Design Application for Beams, Columns

Abstract

An online application software presented in this paper will aid the quick design of mechanical components such as beams and columns. Online design Apps are facilitating productivity and the design cycle of products including the creation of mechanical parts. Therefore, the implementation of the online application will give assess to designers and understudy students of engineering, thereby enhancing their knowledge and accessibility to design tools. The online application called BECOL is developed using the conventional engineering design approach. The design analysis of the beam and column was coded in HyperText Markup Language (HTML), and Cascading Style Sheet (CSS) in conjunction with JavaScript (JS) and CSS developer software. The interface was loaded on a WAMP application server. The BECOL is tested with raw input data and the output results are compared with numerical calculation and the results show up to 98% agreement.