Mectool: ferramenta computacional para auxílio nas disciplinas de mecânica dos sólidos e dos solos

Abstract

The use of computational tools in the disciplines of civil engineering is increasingly common and necessary to facilitate understanding on the subject and decrease efforts to solve problems. Despite this, there is still little availability of software that calculates some important parameters, especially in disciplines related to the mechanics of solids and soils, such as center of gravity and moment of inertia, Mohr’s circle, principal stress diagram, torsion in statically indeterminate axes, effective stress diagram, soil consolidation and stresses in a soil mass. In view of this, the present work presents the development of a computational tool whose purpose is to assist in the determination of these parameters. The Python programming language was used in the development of the tool, which was validated by solving classic problems found in the literature. The tool proved to be efficient, thus confirming be a reliable program, with a maximum average difference of just over 0.48% compared to other software and authors. In future works, new features can be implemented to the program, in order to become a more complete tool.