Category Archives: Newton

Reinforced Concrete Moment Curvature – Development over time

Posted on 28/08/2015 by dougaj4

I recently noticed that in the RC Design Functions spreadsheet the TimeCurve function had stopped working.  The function calculates the development of reinforced concrete section curvature over time, and was previously presented in Reinforced Concrete Moment-Curvature – 3; Restrained Shrinkage and Creep and Reinforced … Continue reading →

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A Loopy Link (and three more)

Posted on 23/08/2015 by dougaj4

For some reason Doug Glancy’s Excel Blog has escaped my attention up till now, but having a browse today, I discovered this loopy animation: which would not have been out of place in Douglas Hofstadter’s “I am a Strange Loop” I really … Continue reading →

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There is No Planet B

Posted on 19/08/2015 by dougaj4

My latest (and final) President’s column from the Concrete in Australia Magazine: Some responsibilities of engineers are universally recognised. Everyone accepts that we have a duty to carry out design and construction so that structures will be serviceable, strong and … Continue reading →

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Concrete 2015

Posted on 14/08/2015 by dougaj4

This year the 27th biennial Conference of the Concrete Institute of Australia will be held in Melbourne from 31st August to 2nd September, in conjunction with RILEM Week. Concrete 2015 On behalf of the organising and technical committees, we cordially invite … Continue reading →

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A mystery curve links to Jupyter

Posted on 16/07/2015 by dougaj4

Reviewing some of my less visited links recently, I was intrigued by a post at The Math Less Travelled: The previous post at the site provides more details of the source of the curve, and some links to an interactive … Continue reading →

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