Tag Archives: Finite Element Analysis

New Release of Strand7

Posted on 07/12/2009 by dougaj4

The long awaited new release of Strand7 (R 2.4.1) appeared today.  Click below for more details:

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Applied Mechanics of Solids

Posted on 23/05/2009 by dougaj4

Applied Mechanics of Solids is a free text on finite element analysis by Allan F Bower, who seems to have a gift for clear explanation of the topic combined with a wry sense of humour; not a combination you see every … Continue reading →

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Frame Analysis with Excel – 7; Shear deflections and support displacements

Posted on 11/05/2009 by dougaj4

Continuing from: Frame Analysis with Excel – 6; Beam end releases and actions Download Frame4.zip – the download file includes complete open source code. Two more refinements have been added to the frame analysis spreadsheet: The stiffness matrix has been revised to … Continue reading →

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Frame Analysis with Excel – 5; Large frames in Excel 2003

Posted on 05/03/2009 by dougaj4

Continuing from: Frame Analysis with Excel – 4, 2D frame analysis Download Frame2.zip – the download file includes complete open source code. The solution presented in the previous post in this series made use of the Excel built in functions MINVERSE() and … Continue reading →

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Frame Analysis with Excel – 4, 2D frame analysis

Posted on 15/02/2009 by dougaj4

Continuing from: Frame Analysis with Excel – 3, Continuous beam or frame Download Frame1.zip – the download file includes complete open source code. The continuous beam spreadsheet presented in the previous post has been modified to deal with 2D frames where any … Continue reading →

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