Category Archives: Maths

More on buckling columns

Posted on 27/06/2010 by dougaj4

Coincidentally, at about the same time as I wrote about column buckling for a column with a point load on the end, Autar Kaw at The Numerical Methods Guy was writing about buckling of columns under self weight, using the theory of … Continue reading →

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Using the AlgLib ODE (Runge-Kutta) Solver with Excel

Posted on 18/06/2010 by dougaj4

Or to be more correct, the AlgLib Cash-Karp Solver, Cash-Karp being a refinement of the Runge-Kutta method of solving ordinary differential equations. Solution of differential equations is an iterative process requiring the repeated application of the solver routine followed by evaluation of … Continue reading →

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Elegant solutions, Simple Harmonic Motion, and the hole through the middle of the Earth

Posted on 14/06/2010 by dougaj4

No, not the hole (beloved of conspiracy theorists everywhere) where our alien overlords keep their UFO’s, but rather the equally imaginary hole from Pole to Pole (beloved of physics teachers everywhere) where we can drop in objects and watch them travel … Continue reading →

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AlgLib Spline Functions

Posted on 07/06/2010 by dougaj4

Following earlier posts on cubic splines I have collected the Alglib interpolation routines, and the necessary supporting routines, and written interface functions to allow most of the 1Dspline routines to be called from the spreadsheet.  Since there is a large measure … Continue reading →

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New Links

Posted on 30/05/2010 by dougaj4

I have added some new links to Excel Blogs that are regularly updated with new and different content, plus one new maths blog. Bacon Bits: Delicious pieces of Excel and Access training brought to you by DataPigTechnologies.com Contextures Blog: The Contextures … Continue reading →

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