Category Archives: Concrete

ULS Design Functions and EurocodeApplied

Posted on 12/07/2020 by dougaj4

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 25/04/2020 by dougaj4

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 21/11/2019 by dougaj4

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 08/07/2019 by dougaj4

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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ULS design of circular reinforced concrete columns

Posted on 09/06/2019 by dougaj4

The RC Design Functions spreadsheet has been updated (to Version 8.04) with the addition of a CircU function for ULS design of circular reinforced concrete sections under combined bending and axial load.  The new version, including full open-source code, may … Continue reading →

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