Category Archives: Finite Element Analysis

Frame Analysis with Excel – 6; Beam end releases and actions

Posted on 29/03/2009 by dougaj4

Continuing from: Frame Analysis with Excel – 5; Large frames in Excel 2003 Download Frame3.zip – the download file includes complete open source code. The frame analysis spreadsheet presented previously has now been revised to deal with beam end releases (either rotation or translation) … Continue reading →

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Frame Analysis with Excel 1 – Single beam

Posted on 31/01/2009 by dougaj4

Download Beam1.zip This is the first of a series of posts in which I will develop a structural frame analysis program operating within Excel.  The first few stages will be mostly spreadsheet based, with later stages using VBA routines to … Continue reading →

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Will it Fall Over?

Posted on 28/09/2008 by dougaj4

Is the arch in the picture below stable, or has it been created in Photoshop, or perhaps with the assistance of some glue or external straps? A simple analysis suggests that tension will be generated at the bottom of the … Continue reading →

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The roof of the Taq-i-Kisra; Analysis

Posted on 10/06/2008 by dougaj4

Following the previous post, I have compared the stresses in the Taq-i-Kisra assuming either a catenary or parabolic profile. I have also compared constant depth sections with sections increasing in depth towards the supports. The arch span was taken as … Continue reading →

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