Author Archives: dougaj4

Equivalent Stress Blocks

Posted on 19/10/2011 by dougaj4

Previous posts (e.g. Stress blocks in AS 3600) have presented Excel User Defined Functions (UDFs) that determine the ultimate bending strength of a reinforced concrete section with the use of a rectangular concrete stress block, with depth and stress factors … Continue reading →

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A Very Relaxing Post

Posted on 19/10/2011 by dougaj4

Another Bach installment, with (possibly) a splash of Newton: Scientists discover most relaxing tune ever A British band and a group of scientists have made the most relaxing tune in the history of man, an Mp3 of which is at … Continue reading →

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Bert Jansch

Posted on 09/10/2011 by dougaj4

Regulars here will know my liking for the music of Bert Jansch and his contemporaries.  Bert died after a long illness last Wednesday, but leaves behind a rich legacy of music usually categorised as “folk”, but really beyond categorisation. The 1992 BBC series “Acoustic … Continue reading →

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Spreadsheet Solutions For Structural Engineering

Posted on 07/10/2011 by dougaj4

Another site where the tasks considered suitable for programming in Excel and VBA are anything but “boring and repetitive” is Yakpol’s Spreadsheet Solutions For Structural Engineering: “This web site contains a collection of engineering spreadsheets for structural analysis and design of concrete and … Continue reading →

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More on VBA

Posted on 06/10/2011 by dougaj4

Andy Pope posted the two links below in a comment to my previous post: A while back they added a VBA developer center to the msdn Office site. http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/office/ff688774.aspx And this article on the Excel developer road map is interesting. … Continue reading →

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