Author Archives: dougaj4

Frame analysis with spring releases; 2D

Posted on 25/11/2016 by dougaj4

I have updated the Frame4 spreadsheet to allow a rotational spring stiffness to be specified for members with a rotational end release.  The new file can be downloaded from: Frame4.zip See Installing C# dll files, reminder for details of installing the … Continue reading →

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Can you spare a dime

Posted on 23/11/2016 by dougaj4

I enjoyed this rendition of a classic song by Martin Simpson: I also enjoyed this comment: daniel gorney1 year ago Bravo. A very fine rendition. My daddy, Jay Gorney, who wrote the music, would have enjoyed it as much as … Continue reading →

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More on Lookups

Posted on 22/11/2016 by dougaj4

Following my recent post on nearest lookups, I came across a post from Charles Williams on the opposite problem; how to do an exact VLookup  on a large amount of data without taking all day, but still retaining the ability to return … Continue reading →

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Installing C# dll files, reminder

Posted on 04/11/2016 by dougaj4

Installing the Frame4 spreadsheet on a new computer I had some problems registering the dll files required for the compiled solver routines, so here is a reminder of the procedure: Copy the alglibnet2.dll and ALMatrixLib.dll files to the appropriate folder (see … Continue reading →

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Nearest Lookup Function

Posted on 21/10/2016 by dougaj4

The Excel Lookup functions (including VLookup, HLookup and Match) all allow for an “exact” or “closest” match on numerical data, but the closest option has a number of problems: The data must be sorted For VLookup and HLookup the data … Continue reading →

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