Category Archives: Concrete

Reinforced Concrete Design for Circular Sections to Eurocode 2

Posted on July 26, 2020 by

As mentioned in the previous post, the Reinforced Concrete Design Functions spreadsheet includes a function for ULS analysis of circular sections, using either a rectangular  or a parabolic-linear stress block.  A new CircuPF function has now been added, for codes … Continue reading →

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ULS Design Functions and EurocodeApplied

Posted on July 12, 2020 by

The ULS Design Functions spreadsheet (last updated here) has had another update (2.09) to fix a problem when bars in different layers had different E values.  The new version assigns the correct E and strain at yield to each layer. … Continue reading →

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The Concrete Institute of Australia – Golden Jubilee

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

The Concrete Institute of Australia will celebrate 50 years in 2020. The Institute was originally formed when members of the Australia Prestressed Concrete Group proposed a change in 1968 where it was resolved to adopt the name Concrete Institute of … Continue reading →

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Biaxial bending update

Posted on November 21, 2019 by

The reinforced concrete biaxial bending spreadsheet has now been updated: Stress block and capacity reduction factors updated for AS 3600-2018 ACI factors for US customary units used when stress is entered in ksi or psi units Example data updated The … Continue reading →

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Concrete 2019

Posted on July 8, 2019 by

The Concrete Institute of Australia’s biennial conference is this year being held in Sydney from 8-11 September, and early-bird registration has now been extended to 15th July, so register now and save! For more details of the conference see: Concrete … Continue reading →

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