土力学课程具有理论与实践并重的特点。然而由于教学条件的限制，目前无法实践土力学教学中诸如平板载荷试验等重要内容，因此难以达到理想的教学效果。文章基于有限元方法开发了适用于本科土力学教学的虚拟仿真软件，学生利用其能够进行平板载荷试验以及不同排水条件下的三轴剪切试验等。教学实践表明，该软件可以补充本科土力学实践教学的资源,达到了工程专业教育中以虚补实的目的。

Soil mechanics course focuses on both fundamental theories and engineering practice. Due to the limitation of available practical teaching conditions, some important teaching contents, such as plate loading test, are inaccessible at present and the soil mechanics teaching does not have ideal effect. Finite element software for soil mechanics teaching was developed in the study. By means of it, students can simulate plate loading test and triaxial tests under variant drained conditions easily. The practical teaching result shows that the software enriches the practical teaching resources for soil mechanics.

中国矿业大学青年教师教学改革研究项目(201004)