Category Archives: Newton

Dots and Crosses

Posted on 21/08/2011 by dougaj4

The comments from Bill Harvey in the previous post prompted me to have a closer look at the functions available in Excel for working with vectors.  Here is a complete list of them: =SUMPRODUCT() (Equivalent to the vector dot product) This … Continue reading →

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Section Properties from Coordinates Without VBA

Posted on 07/08/2011 by dougaj4

At the Eng-Tips forum there was a question asking for a calculation of area and centroid values from coordinates without the use of VBA.  In my opinion using VBA is much the easiest and most robust way to do it, … Continue reading →

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PaulBourke.net

Posted on 23/07/2011 by dougaj4

Another link from Al Vachris: PaulBourke.net. The link above has a general subject index, and google site search; for a full list of the site content go to the detailed site index. Here’s what the author says about it: “The … Continue reading →

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Using LatPilePY

Posted on 09/07/2011 by dougaj4

LatPilePY is a User Defined Function (UDF) used to analyse the deflections and load actions in laterally loaded piles.  It was presented in this post: LatPilePY.  In response to an e-mail request, this post will give step by step instructions for … Continue reading →

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Buckling of Tubes – 2

Posted on 06/07/2011 by dougaj4

Following on from yesterday’s post, today we’ll look at the buckling of the cylindrical tubes: The tube in this analysis was defined to have a small (0.01 mm) asymmetric bulge at mid height, to initiate buckling.  The video shows that … Continue reading →

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