Category Archives: Newton

Putting things in perspective

Posted on 04/02/2009 by dougaj4

Life, The Universe and everything plotted on a spiral scale:

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Frame Analysis with Excel 1 – Single beam

Posted on 31/01/2009 by dougaj4

Download Beam1.zip This is the first of a series of posts in which I will develop a structural frame analysis program operating within Excel.  The first few stages will be mostly spreadsheet based, with later stages using VBA routines to … Continue reading →

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Significant Figures

Posted on 28/12/2008 by dougaj4

Excel does not provide any built in functions to round values to a specified number of significant figures.  The UDF below, recently posted at the Eng-Tips forum, will do the job: Public Function sigfig(my_num, digits) As Double Dim num_places As Integer … Continue reading →

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Solving simultaneous equations – Fortran dll

Posted on 20/12/2008 by dougaj4

The file simultaneous.zip has been modified to allow access to a Fortran simultaneous equation routine, compiled as a dll.  The original file was posted in solving simultaneous equations.  The advantages of a compiled routine include: Much better performance Greater precision through … Continue reading →

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Physics Puzzle

Posted on 16/12/2008 by dougaj4

The question below was set in a VCE (high school exam) physics exam in Victoria Australia.  After the exam the question was discussed by a number of physics experts who failed to reach a concensus on what the correct answer … Continue reading →

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