Efforts of Hands-on Experimental Learning through Construction and Walking Experiment of Wooden Truss Bridges

It is necessary to train not only lectures and exercises but also design and team work skills through hands-on experimental learning. In our department, as the efforts of hands-on experimental learning, construction and walking experiment of wooden truss bridges with about 2m span length, which are constructed with adhesive only, are conducted. The aims of this subject are the cultivation of team work skills and the leadership in the engineering education. It is also intended to look back the degree of understanding and the significance of learning of “Structural Mechanics” as one of the fundamental subjects in the civil engineering. In this paper, we introduce the efforts of hands-on experimental learning and educational effects through the construction and walking experiment of wooden truss bridges and questionnaire results.