Category Archives: Beam Bending

AS 3600 (Concrete Structures Code) Amendment 1

Posted on 29/11/2010 by dougaj4

The first amendment to the current (2009) version of the Australian Standard for Concrete Structures (AS 3600) was recently released for free download.  SAI Global have not seen fit to notify purchasers of the standard of this amendment, but it … Continue reading →

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Update to Beam1 and Beam2

Posted on 16/10/2010 by dougaj4

It has just been pointed out that the single span beam spreadsheet presented at Frame Analysis with Excel 1 does not work for a propped cantilever.  The same applies to the spreadsheet for single span sloping beams at Frame Analysis with … Continue reading →

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Buckling of columns with varying cross section

Posted on 09/08/2010 by dougaj4

Following a post in the Eng-Tips Forum about finding the buckling load of a stepped strut I have modified the Frame4 spreadsheet to carry out a buckling analysis of any straight member subject to axial load, including stepped or tapered cross … Continue reading →

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More on buckling columns

Posted on 27/06/2010 by dougaj4

Coincidentally, at about the same time as I wrote about column buckling for a column with a point load on the end, Autar Kaw at The Numerical Methods Guy was writing about buckling of columns under self weight, using the theory of … Continue reading →

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SplineBeam update

Posted on 20/06/2010 by dougaj4

Previous SplineBeam post I have modified the SplineBeam spreadsheet to allow input of a single span (simply supported or with end constraints), and to optionally allow input of the position of intermediate nodes, rather than dividing each span into equal segment lengths.  This … Continue reading →

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