Category Archives: UDFs

Continuous Beam spreadsheet with moving load

Posted on 26/11/2013 by dougaj4

I have added a moving load function to the ConBeamU spreadsheet, allowing maximum load actions and deflections to be determined in a continuous beam  under the influence of a vehicle defined by a number of point loads.  The new version … Continue reading →

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Unit aware continuous beam spreadsheet update

Posted on 22/11/2013 by dougaj4

The ConbeamU spreadsheet provides Excel user defined functions (UDFs) for the analysis of continuous and simply supported beams and cantilevers using Macaulay’s method.  It allows complex combinations of any number of partial distributed loads, point loads and moments, with changes … Continue reading →

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Selecting Ranges from a UDF

Posted on 20/11/2013 by dougaj4

In the process of tidying up the ConBeamU spreadsheet (which will be posted here in the next few days) I decided to revise the routine for converting input ranges to arrays.  The input for the continuous beam analysis functions consists … Continue reading →

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Python for VBA users – 5; Using built in numpy functions

Posted on 13/10/2013 by dougaj4

Previous Python Post In previous posts in this series I have looked at translating VBA functions to solve quadratic and cubic equations, but the Python numpy library has a polyroots function that will solve polynomials of any degree, and will … Continue reading →

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Python for VBA users – 4; Python data types

Posted on 05/10/2013 by dougaj4

Previous Python Post The basic range of data types in Python is quite simple, but by the time we have added additional types used in the numpy package, and translation of Excel data types into the Python equivalent the picture … Continue reading →

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