Category Archives: Frame Analysis

Continuous Beams With Cantilevers by Macaulay’s Method

Posted on 05/12/2011 by dougaj4

Edit 13 Apr 2014: See Continuous Beam Spreadsheet with Moving Load for the latest version, which is now called ConBeamU. I have updated the Macaulay spreadsheet (described here) to allow the analysis of continuous beams with cantilevers at one or … Continue reading →

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Continuous Beam Analysis by Macaulay’s Method

Posted on 19/11/2011 by dougaj4

The Macaulay spreadsheet now includes a ConBeam() function, analysing continuous beams with any number of segments of different stiffness, subject to any combination of distributed or point loads and moments.  The spreadsheet also includes an example, together with output of … Continue reading →

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Beam Fixed End Actions by Macaulay’s Method

Posted on 13/11/2011 by dougaj4

Following the previous post examples have been added to the Macaulay Spreadsheet illustrating the use of the method to find fixed end moments and reactions for a beam fixed at one or both ends, and subject to any number of … Continue reading →

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Beam actions and deflections by Macaulay’s Method

Posted on 12/11/2011 by dougaj4

Macaulay’s Method is a convenient method of applying beam slope-deflection equations to find the shear forces, bending moments, slopes and deflections of a structural beam subject to complex load conditions, including partial varying distributed loads and point loads and moments.  It … Continue reading →

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Using the Strand7 API

Posted on 23/09/2011 by dougaj4

Strand7 is a general purpose Finite Element Analysis program, which has an Application Programming Interface (API), allowing external programs to interact with Strand7, including reading and writing to data files, running analyses, and reading the results.  The API is a comprehensive … Continue reading →

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