Tag Archives: Frame Analysis

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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Update to Beam1 and Beam2

Posted on 16/10/2010 by dougaj4

It has just been pointed out that the single span beam spreadsheet presented at Frame Analysis with Excel 1 does not work for a propped cantilever.  The same applies to the spreadsheet for single span sloping beams at Frame Analysis with … Continue reading →

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Buckling of columns with varying cross section

Posted on 09/08/2010 by dougaj4

Following a post in the Eng-Tips Forum about finding the buckling load of a stepped strut I have modified the Frame4 spreadsheet to carry out a buckling analysis of any straight member subject to axial load, including stepped or tapered cross … Continue reading →

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Frame4.xls – Update2

Posted on 31/12/2009 by dougaj4

It was recently pointed out to me that the Frame4 spreadsheet was giving an overflow error with a fairly small analysis.  The problem turned out to be that the analysis did not have any restraint specified in the X direction, … Continue reading →

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Update to Frame4.xls

Posted on 19/07/2009 by dougaj4

It was recently pointed out to me that the non-uniform load calculation in Frame4.xls gave incorrect results. The code for the non-uniform load has now been fixed, and the spreadsheet can be downloaded from Frame4.zip

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