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ULS design of circular reinforced concrete columns
The RC Design Functions spreadsheet has been updated (to Version 8.04) with the addition of a CircU function for ULS design of circular reinforced concrete sections under combined bending and axial load. The new version, including full open-source code, may … Continue reading
ULS Design Functions – update for AS 3600
The ULS Design Functions spreadsheet (last posted here) has been updated to the new Australian Standard for concrete structures; AS 3600-2018. The new version can be downloaded from: ULS Design Functions.zip Note that the biaxial version included in the download … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Concrete, Excel, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged AS 3600, AS 5100, circular section, Excel, Reinforced Concrete, UDF, ULS Design Functions, VBA
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Working with dynamic arrays in Excel
Many of the VBA functions available here return results as arrays, which must be entered by selecting the desired output range, then pressing Ctrl-Shift-Enter (CSE). This can be inconvenient (or at least untidy) when the size of the output array varies. … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Excel, UDFs, VBA
Tagged Charles Williams, dynamic arrays, Excel, Fast Excel, VBA, Wndows Insider
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How Reinforced Earth works
“Reinforced Earth” is the name of a construction system widely used in retaining walls around the World. Here is a short video demonstrating how the system works, which is both informative and entertaining:
Posted in Newton
Tagged elegant solutions, Mechanically stabilised earth, Reinforced Earth, retaining walls
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Newton Excel Bach, not (just) an Excel Blog 