Category Archives: VBA

Tanh-Sinh Quadrature v. 5.03

Posted on 22/11/2021 by dougaj4

Following some recent comments Graeme Dennes has released the latest version the Tanh-Sinh Quadrature spreadsheet with some corrections to the test function documentation. The new file is located (as before) at: Tanh-Sinh Quadrature For more information on the last major release … Continue reading →

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ConbeamU update

Posted on 28/09/2021 by dougaj4

I recently discovered that the continuous beam function from the ConbeamU spreadsheet was giving incorrect results for cantilevers at the left hand end, if the cantilever had more than one segment and no point loads. The corrected version (Rel 4.16) … Continue reading →

Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Finite Element Analysis, Frame Analysis, Newton, Strand7, UDFs, VBA | Tagged , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Fast Search Reminder

Posted on 30/08/2021 by dougaj4

A recent comment at Opening and searching pdf files from Excel reminded of the linked spreadsheet, which allows pdf files to be opened at a specified page from Excel, and also fast searches of the local hard drive: PdfLink.zip (free download … Continue reading →

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On long and short formulas and VBA

Posted on 17/07/2021 by dougaj4

A recent thread at Eng-Tips asked the following apparently simple question: Starting with a string consisting of numbers with a single central group of letters, how can this string be truncated at the end of the letters, so that for … Continue reading →

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ULS Design Functions 2.13

Posted on 11/07/2021 by dougaj4

Update 17 May 2022: Following discussion on 10-11 May 22 the download file has been updated to version 2.15, fixing problems with the interaction diagram with a rectangular stress block under high axial loads. I have uploaded another update to … Continue reading →

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