Category Archives: Newton

The Dome of Santa Maria del Fiore – Stress Analysis 1

Posted on 11/08/2012 by dougaj4

It’s time to get back to the analysis of the stresses and strains in the dome of the Cathedral of Santa Maria del Fiore in Florence. Since the last installment I have purchased “Brunelleschi’s Cupola” by Giovanni and Michele Fanelli, which is … Continue reading →

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ULS Analysis of Concrete Beams; now with added units

Posted on 09/08/2012 by dougaj4

The spreadsheet for Ultimate Limit State Analysis of reinforced or prestressed concrete beams, previously presented here, has been combined with the Units4Excel spreadsheet to allow the program to work with any selected units, SI or non-SI.  Provision for the American … Continue reading →

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Units for Excel 4: Scripting dictionaries

Posted on 08/08/2012 by dougaj4

As mentioned in the previous post I have now updated the Units4Excel spreadsheet with the use of scripting dictionaries to speed up the process of finding units in the lists, and also to simplify the process of adding or deleting units.  … Continue reading →

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Units for Excel 3 – Editing the units table

Posted on 04/08/2012 by dougaj4

I have made several changes to the Units4Excel spreadsheet: Litres added as the base SI unit of fluid volume. Units added for specific heat Units added for fuel consumption in both km/litre and litres/100 km form As before, the revisions … Continue reading →

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Units for Excel 2 – Unit aware evaluation of functions

Posted on 31/07/2012 by dougaj4

The Units4Excel spreadsheet described in the first post of this series provides functions to convert values from one set of units to another, but does not allow for automatic evaluation of functions, taking account of the specified units, as performed by programs … Continue reading →

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