Category Archives: Newton

ConbeamU update

Posted on 28/09/2021 by dougaj4

I recently discovered that the continuous beam function from the ConbeamU spreadsheet was giving incorrect results for cantilevers at the left hand end, if the cantilever had more than one segment and no point loads. The corrected version (Rel 4.16) … Continue reading →

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More on Numba

Posted on 15/08/2021 by dougaj4

Following my recent post Making Finite Element Analysis go faster … I have been having a closer look at the options in the Numba just-in-time compiler for improving the performance of Python code. The Numba docs include a series of short … Continue reading →

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Concrete 2021

Posted on 29/07/2021 by dougaj4

Edit 12th August: Extended early-bird registrations are now finally closing tomorrow, Friday 13th August! Concrete 2021 (the 30th Biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia) is just around the corner, and this year will be all on-line: The virtual … Continue reading →

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A Numpy trap – correction

Posted on 20/07/2021 by dougaj4

In my post of 30th May this year (here) I said that: As a check that the functions were working correctly, the Python functions were modified to return the sum of the largest array in the first row, revealing that … Continue reading →

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ULS Design Functions 2.13

Posted on 11/07/2021 by dougaj4

Update 17 May 2022: Following discussion on 10-11 May 22 the download file has been updated to version 2.15, fixing problems with the interaction diagram with a rectangular stress block under high axial loads. I have uploaded another update to … Continue reading →

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