Category Archives: Concrete

RC Design Functions 9.0

Posted on 10/08/2022 by dougaj4

The RC Design Functions 9.0 spreadsheet is now available for free download from: RC Design Functions9.zip The main change is update of shear capacity calculations for the latest versions of the Australian codes; AS 3600 and AS 5100. Shear data … Continue reading →

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Pint, MPmath and implied units, working with Excel

Posted on 30/04/2022 by dougaj4

Spreadsheets linking to the Python Pint and MPmath libraries have been presented here before at: Units and solvers with Pint and Sympy mpmath for Excel I have now updated the spreadsheet to work with pyxll, and with some new functions and … Continue reading →

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Free resources for earthquake design in Australia

Posted on 27/02/2022 by dougaj4

… and other regions with low to moderate seismicity: The SRIA’s free pdf Guide to Seismic design and detailing of Reinforced Concrete Buildings in Australia is available from the link below. It was published in 2016 and was a precursor … Continue reading →

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SectionProperties update update

Posted on 26/01/2022 by dougaj4

Since my previous post on the Python SectionProperties program it has been updated to Rel. 2.02, with some major changes: The mesh generation library has been changed from MeshPY to Triangle New functions have been added for: Steel sections Concrete … Continue reading →

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Publications

Posted on 23/01/2022 by dougaj4

I have recently updated my list of publications. Click on the “view full-size” icon in the bottom right corner for a full screen view, or click any link to download.

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