Tag Archives: AS 5100

ULS Design Functions – update for AS 3600

Posted on May 28, 2019 by

The ULS Design Functions spreadsheet (last posted here) has been updated to the new Australian Standard for concrete structures; AS 3600-2018.  The new version can be downloaded from: ULS Design Functions.zip Note that the biaxial version included in the download … Continue reading →

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Composite Beam Spreadsheet Update 1.01

Posted on November 4, 2017 by

Following a comment here, I have modified the Composite Beam spreadsheet to correct the stage 1 stresses forces in the reinforcement as listed in Columns 6 and 7, when the tensile face is the top.  The output has also been … Continue reading →

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Stress increments in prestressed concrete beams

Posted on July 2, 2017 by

The two main Australian Standards covering prestressed concrete structures (AS 3600, Concrete Structures, and AS 5100 Part 5, Concrete Bridges) put a limit on the allowable increase in stress in reinforcement and prestressing strands and tendons, when the load increases from … Continue reading →

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Using RC Design Functions 4 – Umom and new MaxAx function

Posted on July 21, 2013 by

Previous post in this series. Download latest version of RC Design Functions6. Previous posts in this series have looked at elastic design functions.  We now move on to functions for ultimate limit state (ULS) analysis of reinforced concrete sections: UMom: … Continue reading →

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