Category Archives: Newton

Reinforced Concrete Moment-Curvature – 1

Posted on 22/11/2009 by dougaj4

The flexural curvature of any beam composed of material with linear elastic behaviour, subject to a bending moment, M, is given by: C = M / EI where E is the elastic modulus of the beam, and I is its … Continue reading →

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Funny Charts

Posted on 20/11/2009 by dougaj4

These made me laugh: A clever animation from Andy Faulds Economists And the root cause of peak oil: Clearly shows that popular music has been in steady decline since the late sixties (as we all knew anyway), but I’m still … Continue reading →

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What to do about YouTube comments

Posted on 17/11/2009 by dougaj4

One of the less than wonderful things about YouTube is that the comments that accompany even the finest of videos are often of such an appalling standard that to call them puerile would be an affront to children. Here is … Continue reading →

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Some New Links

Posted on 09/11/2009 by dougaj4

A couple of return links to sites that have been sending traffic my way, and are well worth a look: AJP Excel Information (Andy Pope’s site): “The intention of this site is to be a useful resource of alternative solutions … Continue reading →

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Chart Trend Lines and the Linest Function

Posted on 03/11/2009 by dougaj4

At the Mr Excel discussion forum the output of the worksheet function Linest(), compared with chart trend lines raised a question, where it is said that in Excel 2007 the trend line gives different (and incorrect) coefficients for a polynomial curve … Continue reading →

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