Resumen

The appropriation of the basic knowledge of effort and deformation in the teaching and learning processes of the Resistance of Materials poses a challenge for teachers and students of Engineering due to the high analytical and theoretical components, for which, the observation of phenomena of Deformation of materials against applied forces, as well as experimentation, are fundamental to reinforce this knowledge and to apply them with efficiency in the development of the race and in the performance of professional life. Academic engineering programs and especially Civil Engineering programs that have specialized machines and equipment that allow loads to be applied and measure deformations (by traction, compression and flexion) are used for research purposes and in most cases students have little bit access to them in the academic phase, due to the high costs of such equipment and the care required in its use. The present research project contemplates the construction of a prototype of Universal Machine for the accomplishment of tests for academic purposes, of polymers, elastomers and ceramic materials. This machine will have two main objectives: First, to be used for the purpose of experimentation and strengthening of the theoretical and analytical concepts of the Subject of Resistance in the Civil Engineering program at the University of Ibague, and secondly, be used for basic research for demonstrative purposes of state of effort and linear deformations of structural and non-structural composite materials in the seedlings of the Civil Engineering program at the University of Ibagué.