This website aims to give engineering educators and students of all ages access to models that visually demonstrate different buckling modes. Buckling can be a complex strength limit state that can occur in various forms — local, flexural (bending), torsional (twisting), lateral‑torsional, or flexural‑torsional — depending on factors such as member length, cross‑section, material properties, and loading and support conditions.
To make this challenging topic more intuitive, opportunities for graphical and 3D‑printed visual aids are provided that bring structural behavior to life. These models are easy to use in the classroom and offer students hands‑on opportunities to observe and understand buckling phenomena.
The overarching goal of the project is to build a freely accessible, growing library of educational tools that engage students, support educators, and advance engineering education worldwide.