Category Archives: Concrete

New Australian Bridge Code and py-RC Elastic update 3

Posted on 30/06/2024 by dougaj4

The Australian Bridge Design Code for concrete (AS 5100.5) was recently updated with Amendment 2 to the 2017 version. There are significant changes in many areas, including design for fatigue loading, where the allowable stress range for concrete under repeated … Continue reading →

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py_RC Elastic update 2

Posted on 12/06/2024 by dougaj4

Following the previous post, I have added a further new function, and in the process discovered that the py_Estress function was not handling tensile axial loads correctly. That has now been fixed, and the updated spreadsheet and Python files can … Continue reading →

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py_RC Elastic update

Posted on 08/06/2024 by dougaj4

Following the previous post I have updated the py_RC Elastic spreadsheet and code to work with the new solver function, and also add new functionality. The updated files can be downloaded from: py_RC Elastic.zip For details of the pyxll app … Continue reading →

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SLS Concrete design with Python

Posted on 13/04/2024 by dougaj4

I am in the process of converting the SLS design related functions in the RC Design Functions spreadsheet to Python code. The current version can be downloaded from: py_RC Elastic.zip For details of the pyxll app required to conect the … Continue reading →

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RC Design Functions 9.06; Momcurve functions update

Posted on 30/03/2024 by dougaj4

The RC Design Functions spreadsheet has now been updated to Version 9.06, and is available for free download from: RC Design Functions9.zip The new version fixes a problem with the MomcurveTS function, which was returning an error for any input … Continue reading →

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