Category Archives: Newton

LatPilePY 1.03

Posted on 27/01/2012 by dougaj4

The LatPilePY spreadsheet has been updated with detailed corrections to the function for generating PY curves.  The updated version can be downloaded from LatPilePY.zip. See LatPilePY 1.02 for more details of the spreadsheet content and background.

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The Hawkesbury River Bridge at North Richmond, NSW

Posted on 25/01/2012 by dougaj4

The bridge over the Hawkesbury River near North Richmond, North-West of Sydney, is one of the first reinforced concrete structures in Australia.  At the time of its construction it was the largest reinforced concrete bridge in the country, and it … Continue reading →

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LatPilePY 1.02

Posted on 23/01/2012 by dougaj4

Following some discussion at Eng-Tips and elsewhere I have updated the LatPilePY spreadsheet, previously presented at Lateral pile analysis with PY curves …  This spreadsheet provides User Defined Functions (UDFs) to carry out the analysis of vertical piles under lateral loading, … Continue reading →

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Continuous Beams with Shear Deflections

Posted on 31/12/2011 by dougaj4

The Macaulay Spreadsheet has now been modified to optionally include shear deflections, as well as a new option to output support reactions, and fixes to minor bugs. The revised spreadsheet (including full open source code) can be downloaded from: Macaulay.zip … Continue reading →

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Bach for Christmas

Posted on 26/12/2011 by dougaj4

Al Vachris sent me a link to this visualisation of the opening Prelude from Bach’s 1st Suite for Solo Cello: “Baroque.me (2011) by Alexander Chen. Video capture. baroque.me visualizes the first Prelude from Bach’s Cello Suites. Using the math behind … Continue reading →

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