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ConbeamU Update; defined support deflections
As promised in a recent post, I have updated the ConBeamU spreadsheet to allow defined deflections to be specified at any support. The new spreadsheet (including full open-source code), can be downloaded from ConBeamU.zip In addition to the support deflections the … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged array entry, Array function entry, ConBeamU, continuous beam, defined support deflections, deflections, Excel, Macaulay's Method, UDF, VBA
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Slicing Arrays with VBA
A recent comment asked about the most efficient way to write part of an array to the spreadsheet from VBA. This post looks at three alternative methods which have advantages in different circumstances (thanks to Lori Miller for reminding me … Continue reading
Beams may kiss, but do not hug …
… not full length anyway. This post was inspired by a now very long discussion at Eng-Tips on the apparently simple question of what happens when you place one short beam on top of a longer one, and apply a … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Finite Element Analysis, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged ConBeamU, Excel, Simply supported beams, Solver, stacked beams, Strand7, UDF, VBA
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Getting concrete shrinkage right
At the end of last year, very quietly, the commentary to the Australian Concrete Structures Code (AS 3600) was published. The commentary provides a wide range of explanatory and background information to the requirements in the main code, including some … Continue reading →