Tag Archives: animation

Dancing Pendulums

Posted on 25/05/2011 by dougaj4

This animation was produced in response to a video of real pendulums performing similar tricks: Not having an animation program I thought I’d use the finite element program Strand7.  Modelling the pendulums was easy, just 15 beam elements with a … Continue reading →

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New Excel Engineering Blog

Posted on 26/11/2010 by dougaj4

I just found Excel Unusual, which has been going since September this year.  Here’s what the Author says: “Finding engineering work quite un-challenging lately I decided to start this blog in which to share cool ways of solving engineering problems or … Continue reading →

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Newton’s Cradle

Posted on 20/07/2008 by dougaj4

Previous animation post I have added a Newton’s Cradle animation to the animation file posted previously: Animation.zip The animation finds the correct period for the input string length and starting angle, and displays the movement of the balls in real … Continue reading →

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Drawing in Excel – 2

Posted on 22/06/2008 by dougaj4

Before getting down to basics, the attached file: Animation demo Illustrates how Excel shapes can be simply animated. Screen shot: The code for the animation (having previously drawn a circle and a rectangle with no fill, and noted their names): … Continue reading →

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