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Using RC Design Functions 4 – Umom and new MaxAx function

Posted on 21/07/2013 by dougaj4

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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ULS design of reinforced concrete, AS, ACI and European codes

Posted on 21/12/2010 by dougaj4

The previous post in this series compared the results of current and previous Australian Standards, and the ACI 318 code, for the ultimate bending capacity of a rectangular reinforced concrete section, subject to combined bending and axial load.  I have now extended … Continue reading →

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Reinforced Concrete Moment-Curvature – 2; Shrinkage and Creep

Posted on 08/12/2009 by dougaj4

The previous post in this series provided an Excel User Defined Function (UDF) to find  the short term curvature of a reinforced concrete section subject to combined bending and axial load.  In this post UDFs will be presented to determine the strain … Continue reading →

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