Tag Archives: circular section

ULS design of circular reinforced concrete columns

The RC Design Functions spreadsheet has been updated (to Version 8.04) with the addition of a CircU function for ULS design of circular reinforced concrete sections under combined bending and axial load.  The new version, including full open-source code, may … Continue reading

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ULS Design Functions – update for AS 3600

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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Analysis of RC circular sections – theory and code

The basic tasks involved in analysing the stresses and strains in a reinforced concrete section under combined bending and axial load are: Assuming a horizontal beam with the top of the beam in compression and the bottom in tension Find … Continue reading

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Reinforced concrete elastic analysis; Circular section

Previous posts have presented the theoretical background to finding stresses and strains in a reinforced concrete section built up of trapezoidal layers and subject to combined bending and axial loads.  A spreadsheet with User Defined Functions (UDFs) and open source code … Continue reading

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