Category Archives: Beam Bending

py_RC Elastic 1.05 with elastic biaxial bending

Posted on 24/09/2025 by dougaj4

The py_RC Elastic spreadsheet (last discussed here) has been updated with a new function py_Biax, providing elastic analysis of reinforced concrete sections under combined axial load and biaxial bending. The new spreadsheet and associated Python code can be downloaded from: py_RC … Continue reading →

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ConBeamU update

Posted on 20/09/2025 by dougaj4

Following a comment at https://newtonexcelbach.com/2023/01/20/using-conbeamu/ I have updated the ConBeamU-Template file so that the function to select the input range works the same as in the main spreadsheet. For more details of how the spreadsheet works, see the link above, … Continue reading →

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3DFrame-py rel. 0.50

Posted on 14/07/2025 by dougaj4

Following the recent post on the Python lru_cache function (Python functools and the Fibonacci Sequence) I have had a look at using lru_cache in the 3DFrame-py spreadsheet. So far using lru_cache in this code has provided little to no speed improvement, … Continue reading →

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py_RC Design 2

Posted on 12/05/2025 by dougaj4

Following the previous post, the py_RC Design spreadsheet has been updated with improved versions of the py_UMomp and py_UMomBiax functions. The revised version can be downloaded from: py_RC Design.zip The py_UMomp function is based on the Umom function, with the … Continue reading →

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py_RC Design

Posted on 03/05/2025 by dougaj4

The py_RC Design spreadsheet provides Python versions of the reinforced concrete design functions in the RC Design Functions spreadsheet. The current version can be downloaded from: py_RC Design.zip See also: SLS Concrete design with Python for additional SLS design related functions. … Continue reading →

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