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An interactive browser-based structural analysis simulation for two-dimensional beams, frames and trusses. Learners can define nodes, members, materials, cross-sections, supports, member releases, nodal loads and distributed loads, and then examine support reactions, axial-force, shear-force and bending-moment diagrams, deflections and load-combination envelopes.

The resource can be used to investigate how structural geometry, stiffness, boundary conditions, member releases and loading influence linear-elastic structural response. Templates and SI and US customary units are included. The calculation workspace and results are available without payment or installation.

The tool is intended for engineering education, preliminary analysis and independent comparison exercises. It does not replace instructor guidance, professional judgment or independent verification for real structures.

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