Category Archives: Maths

Section Properties with MeshPY, including torsion and warping

Posted on 09/12/2017 by dougaj4

I recently discovered robbie van leeuwen’s structural engineering blog, which has an open-source set of Python routines for calculation of section properties, including torsion and warping constants.  The program uses the MeshPY Library for generating the finite element meshes required … Continue reading →

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Brent’s Method; Update and Examples

Posted on 06/12/2017 by dougaj4

Brent’s Method is a refinement of Newton’s Method for the numerical solution of any equation with one variable.  The User Defined Function (UDF) QuadBrent was described in:  The Inverse Quadratic Method 3 – Brent’s Method Following a recent question, I have … Continue reading →

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Update to AL-Spline-Matrix

Posted on 28/11/2017 by dougaj4

The AL-Spline-Matrix spreadsheet contains a large number of VBA user defined functions (UDFs) performing spline fitting and matrix operations, using the free and open source ALGLIB library. It was recently pointed out that the Excel interface code for the CSplineFitCW1da … Continue reading →

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Hofstadter, Pahud, Bach

Posted on 08/10/2017 by dougaj4

The latest ACO concert series features the Swiss flautist Emmanuel Pahud (interview here). The performance included J.S. Bach’s 6 Part Ricercar, from The Musical Offering, which was the inspiration for the final dialogue in Douglas Hofstadter’s Godel, Esher, Bach: Achilles … Continue reading →

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Working with implied units – update

Posted on 30/09/2017 by dougaj4

Following comments at Eng-Tips I have added two examples with different procedures for evaluating ACI equations for the flexural tensile strength of concrete here.

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