Category Archives: Newton

Elegant solutions, 192 of them

Posted on 09/02/2012 by dougaj4

The Edge is a place where they seek: To arrive at the edge of the world’s knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they … Continue reading →

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VBA code generation on the spreadsheet

Posted on 07/02/2012 by dougaj4

A previous post looked at using VBA to generate more VBA code.  This post looks at automatic code generation on the spreadsheet, which may be transferred into the a VBA project using the techniques discussed in the earlier post, or simply … Continue reading →

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The Switch Function (VBA and UDF)

Posted on 27/01/2012 by dougaj4

Switch is a VBA function that operates in a similar way to the Select Case statement.  The function arguments are a series of pairs of values, the first of each pair being an expression that can be evaluated as TRUE … Continue reading →

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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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