Category Archives: Excel

Continuous beam analysis from first principles

Posted on 22/09/2024 by dougaj4

This post was prompted by an Eng-Tips question: Statically Indeterminant Beam Problem, asking for reactions due to a triangular distributed load on the middle span of a continuous beam with 3 equal simply supported spans. This could be simply solved … Continue reading →

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Scipy-statistics update

Posted on 08/09/2024 by dougaj4

Links to the Scipy statistics functions were last presented here. The functions have since had extensive updates: The py_Stats spreadsheet, with associated Python code in PythonStatsFuncs3.py and pyScipy3.py, are included in the download file: py_SciPy.zip Details of the required pyxll … Continue reading →

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py_Numpy update

Posted on 31/08/2024 by dougaj4

The py_Numpy spreadsheet, and the associated Python module have been updated. The new files are included in: py_SciPy.zip The download contains full open-source Python code and example spreadsheets for a wide range of Scipy functions, as well as the Numpy … Continue reading →

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py_Conbeam – 5

Posted on 28/08/2024 by dougaj4

… or perhaps one more. Following the previous post I have modified the py_BeamAct3D function to fix some problems with the non-linear analysis. The latest version, together with an additional spreadsheet comparing results with Strand7, can be downloaded from: py_ConBeamU.zip … Continue reading →

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py_Conbeam – 4

Posted on 13/08/2024 by dougaj4

The last post in the current series compares results from the py_Conbeam function with beam analysis results from the Strand7 FEA software. There have been further  significant changes to the Python code and the spreadsheet, so please download the latest … Continue reading →

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