Development of Design Support System for Steel Girder Bridge using JAVA
Masaru Minagawa	Associate Professor,Dr.Eng., Department of Civil Engineering, Musashi Institute of Technology	1-28-1 Tamazutsumi,Setagaya-ku,Tokyo 158-8557,Japan,TEL&FAX:81-3-5707-2226 E-mail:mminagaw@eng.,Musashi-tech.ac.jp
Kazuhisa Matsumoto	Engineer,Ms.Eng.,Ebara Co.Ltd.
<Abstract> 　Even though electronic drawing is becoming increasingly popular in some courses on design practice in educational organizations it is still laborious for college students to refer to design specifications during the design process.Thus,quite a few organizations have introduced a computer-aided design system for practicing design. 　In this study,a computer aided design system has been developed for use in college courses for practicing the designing of steel girder bridges. The developed system was described by means of JAVA and HTML and linked with electronic specifications described by HTML in order to facilitate referencing by college students during the design process.
<Keywords> Steel bridge, Design support system, JAVA, HTML, Electronic Specifications