Problem 10.1 - 1st Moment of Area

A T beam has an upper base of b2 and a lower base of b1. The T beam also has a stem height of h1 and a top height of h2. [Problem adapted from © Chris Galitz CC BY NC-SA 4.0]

#| standalone: true
#| viewerHeight: 600
#| components: [viewer]

from shiny import App, render, ui, reactive
import random
import asyncio
import io
import math
import string
from datetime import datetime
from pathlib import Path

def generate_random_letters(length):
    return ''.join(random.choice(string.ascii_lowercase) for _ in range(length))

problem_ID="680"
b1=reactive.Value("__")
b2=reactive.Value("__")
h2=reactive.Value("__")
h1=reactive.Value("__")

attempts = ["Timestamp,Attempt,Answer1,Answer2,Feedback\n"]

app_ui = ui.page_fluid(
    ui.markdown("**Please enter your ID number from your instructor and click to generate your problem**"),
    ui.input_text("ID", "", placeholder="Enter ID Number Here"),
    ui.input_action_button("generate_problem", "Generate Problem", class_="btn-primary"),
    ui.markdown("**Problem Statement**"),
    ui.output_ui("ui_problem_statement"),
    ui.input_text("answer1", "Your Q at point A in units of in\u00b3", placeholder="Please enter your answer 1"),
    ui.input_text("answer2", "Your Q at the centroid in units of in\u00b3", placeholder="Please enter your answer 2"),
    ui.input_action_button("submit", "Submit Answers", class_="btn-primary"),
    ui.download_button("download", "Download File to Submit", class_="btn-success"),
)

def server(input, output, session):
    attempt_counter = reactive.Value(0)

    @output
    @render.ui
    def ui_problem_statement():
        return[ui.markdown(f"For the built-up T-beam shown, determine the first moment of area, Q, at point A and at the centroid of the cross-section. Assume dimensions b<sub>1</sub> = {b1()} in., b<sub>2</sub> = {b2()} in., h<sub>1</sub> = {h1()} in., and h<sub>2</sub> = {h2()} in.")]
    
    @reactive.Effect
    @reactive.event(input.generate_problem)
    def randomize_vars():
        random.seed(input.ID())
        b1.set(random.randrange(10, 50, 1)/10)
        b2.set(round(b1(),1)*(round(random.randrange(40, 60, 1)/10)))
        h2.set(b1())
        h1.set(round(b2(),1)+round(random.randrange(20, 60, 1)/10))

    @reactive.Effect
    @reactive.event(input.submit)
    def _():
        attempt_counter.set(attempt_counter() + 1)
        y1 = h1()+h2()/2
        y2 = h1()/2
        A1 = b2()*h2()
        A2 = h1()*b1()
        ybar = (y1*A1+y2*A2)/(A1+A2)
        instr1 = (y1-ybar)*A1
        instr2 = ybar/2*ybar*b1()
        correct1 = math.isclose(float(input.answer1()), instr1, rel_tol=0.01)
        correct2 = math.isclose(float(input.answer2()), instr2, rel_tol=0.01)
        
        if correct1 and correct2:
            check = "both correct."
        else:
            check = f" {'correct' if correct1 else 'incorrect'} and {'correct respectively' if correct2 else 'incorrect respectively'}."
        
        correct_indicator = "JL" if correct1 and correct2 else "JG"

        random_start = generate_random_letters(4)
        random_middle = generate_random_letters(4)
        random_end = generate_random_letters(4)
        encoded_attempt = f"{random_start}{problem_ID}-{random_middle}{attempt_counter()}{correct_indicator}-{random_end}{input.ID()}"

        session.encoded_attempt = reactive.Value(encoded_attempt)
        attempts.append(f"{datetime.now()}, {attempt_counter()}, {input.answer1()}, {input.answer2()}, {check}\n")

        feedback = ui.markdown(f"Your answers of {input.answer1()} and {input.answer2()} are {check}.")
        m = ui.modal(feedback, title="Feedback", easy_close=True)
        ui.modal_show(m)

    @session.download(filename=lambda: f"Problem_Log-{problem_ID}-{input.ID()}.csv")
    async def download():
        final_encoded = session.encoded_attempt() if session.encoded_attempt is not None else "No attempts"
        yield f"{final_encoded}\n\n"
        yield "Timestamp,Attempt,Answer1,Answer2,Feedback\n"
        for attempt in attempts[1:]:
            await asyncio.sleep(0.25)
            yield attempt

app = App(app_ui, server)