Author Archives: dougaj4

Concrete Stress Blocks

Posted on 15/08/2020 by dougaj4

Back in 2010 and 2011 posts here looked at a comparison of alternative stress blocks in the then new AS 3600, and a procedure for calculating parameters for a rectangular stress block exactly equivalent to the Eurocode 2 parabolic-rectangular stress … Continue reading →

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Deflections and Moments in Rectangular Plates

Posted on 09/08/2020 by dougaj4

Following a question here I have compared tabulated coefficients for deflections and bending moments in a rectangular plate with results of a Strand7 analysis using 8 noded plate/shell elements.  The results are summarised below, and in a spreadsheet which also … Continue reading →

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Section Properties for Rotated Shapes

Posted on 06/08/2020 by dougaj4

I have just posted an update to my section properties spreadsheet, last discussed at: Using Section Properties- Group The new version can be downloaded from: Section Properties07-Group.zip The main sheet provides section properties for a wide variety of defined shapes: This … Continue reading →

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More from Danny Thompson

Posted on 31/07/2020 by dougaj4

… with two of his regular musical partners over the years. Danny Thompson with Richard Thompson, The Ghost of You Walks: and with John Martyn on The Old Grey Whistle Test in 1977; I Couldn’t Love You More:

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Reinforced Concrete Design for Circular Sections to Eurocode 2

Posted on 26/07/2020 by dougaj4

As mentioned in the previous post, the Reinforced Concrete Design Functions spreadsheet includes a function for ULS analysis of circular sections, using either a rectangular  or a parabolic-linear stress block.  A new CircuPF function has now been added, for codes … Continue reading →

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