Category Archives: Beam Bending

Daily Download 22: Splines and Curves

Posted on 08/10/2012 by dougaj4

Since it was first published in 2009 my CSpline function has been the most popular download from this site.  CSpline (and various associated functions) is used to fit a series of cubic curves through specified points, allowing interpolation along a smooth … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 21: Assorted Solvers

Posted on 08/10/2012 by dougaj4

Today’s download starts with some simple linear interpolation methods used to solve polynomial equations, leading on to more sophisticated methods using quadratic or inverse quadratic interpolation. Also included is a solver for differential equations using the Cash-Karp Method, which is … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 7: Lateraly loaded pile analysis

Posted on 23/09/2012 by dougaj4

Today’s downloads (the last in the Engineering category) are related to the analysis of piles subject to lateral loads: LatPile – Analysis of Lateral Loads on Piles describes the principles of the analysis. Download file: http://interactiveds.com.au/software/LatPile.zip  P-Y Curve function describes function to … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 5: Frame Analysis

Posted on 21/09/2012 by dougaj4

Leading on from yesterday’s continuous beam functions, today’s download covers four frame analysis spreadsheets, with increasing levels of complexity.  For those interested in the workings of the program I recommend working through each spreadsheet, but for practical applications the final … Continue reading →

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Daily Download 4: Continuous Beam Analysis

Posted on 20/09/2012 by dougaj4

Today’s download files contain several alternative functions for analysing continuous beams. The most flexible is the ConBeamU spreadsheet, which in addition to the continuous beam function also contains functions for single span beams and cantilevers, and for fixed end moments and … Continue reading →

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