Tag Archives: Frame Analysis

Frame4 Version 3.05; with support displacements

Posted on 06/12/2012 by dougaj4

Hot on the heels of Version 3.04 comes Version 3.05. A few days ago Julien asked if the Frame4 allowed for specified support deflections, to which I replied it would be added in the future.  Searching Google on the topic I … Continue reading →

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Frame4 Version 3.04

Posted on 05/12/2012 by dougaj4

In preparation for adding 3D functionality to the Frame4 spreadsheet I have rearranged the load input sheet, and in doing so I noticed that the fixed end reaction calculation was incorrect for cases where loads were applied to one member over … Continue reading →

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Frame4; now with added Alglib

Posted on 16/11/2012 by dougaj4

Edit 29 Nov 2012: I have now added an xls version to the download zip file.  This also has a much smaller example model, which will solve quickly using the VBA solver, so will be more useable for anyone having … Continue reading →

Posted in AlgLib, Beam Bending, Excel, Finite Element Analysis, Frame Analysis, Link to dll, Newton, UDFs, VBA | Tagged , , , , , | 24 Comments

Daily Download 5: Frame Analysis

Posted on 21/09/2012 by dougaj4

Leading on from yesterday’s continuous beam functions, today’s download covers four frame analysis spreadsheets, with increasing levels of complexity.  For those interested in the workings of the program I recommend working through each spreadsheet, but for practical applications the final … Continue reading →

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Frame4 – with intermediate beam results

Posted on 11/09/2012 by dougaj4

Back in March 2010, in response to this post with an update of the Frame4 spreadsheet: https://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/2009/12/31/frame4-xls-update2/ jscott (and later mettrox) asked if I had thought about adding output of the member forces at intervals along the member length, to which the response … Continue reading →

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