An iStress Laboratory

The development of a stress analysis laboratory for iOS is presented here. An app that presents a library of engineering mechanics experiments which can be manipulated using iPad or iPhone devices. Engineering students can visualize stresses and displacements with this app. Gestures are used to manipulate the types of stress and displacement contours, scale colours, and query the value at a point. A finite element model is used to interpret data and to perform reanalysis of modified models by the user.