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ConBeamU 4.05 and ConBeampy 1.02
The latest update of the two continuous beam spreadsheets can be downloaded from: ConBeamU.zip ConBeampy.zip The main changes are: A problem with point loads applied exactly at a support position has been corrected A function has been added to evaluate … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Finite Element Analysis, Frame Analysis, Link to Python, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged continuous beam analysis, Excel, Macaulay's Method, Python. Excel-Python, UDF, VBA
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ConbeamU Update; defined support deflections
As promised in a recent post, I have updated the ConBeamU spreadsheet to allow defined deflections to be specified at any support. The new spreadsheet (including full open-source code), can be downloaded from ConBeamU.zip In addition to the support deflections the … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged array entry, Array function entry, ConBeamU, continuous beam, defined support deflections, deflections, Excel, Macaulay's Method, UDF, VBA
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Moving Load Spreadsheet – update and how to use
As noted in the comments on the previous post on this topic, the moving load function (and also the associated continuous beam functions) have been modified to make data entry more flexible; the output results are unchanged. The modified spreadsheet … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged ConBeamU, continuous beam, Excel, Macaulay's Method, moving load, Solver, UDF, unit aware, VBA
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Unit aware continuous beam spreadsheet update
The ConbeamU spreadsheet provides Excel user defined functions (UDFs) for the analysis of continuous and simply supported beams and cantilevers using Macaulay’s method. It allows complex combinations of any number of partial distributed loads, point loads and moments, with changes … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged continuous beam analysis, Excel, Macaulay's Method, moment restraint, spring supports, UDF, unit aware, VBA
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Daily Download 4: Continuous Beam Analysis
Today’s download files contain several alternative functions for analysing continuous beams. The most flexible is the ConBeamU spreadsheet, which in addition to the continuous beam function also contains functions for single span beams and cantilevers, and for fixed end moments and … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged continuous beams, Cubic splines, Excel, Macaulay's Method, UDF, VBA
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Continuous Beam Spreadsheet – with Units
The spreadsheet previously known as Macaulay has been updated to include “unit aware” versions of all the included functions, and has been renamed “ConBeamU”, to make it more obvious what it does. The new spreadsheet (including full opens source code) can be … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged Continuouse beam, Excel, Macaulay's Method, UDF, unit aware, VBA
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Cantilevers with shear deflections
At the end of last year I updated the Macaulay spreadsheet to include shear deflections for continuous beams, but this facility was not added to the Cantilever function. That has now been fixed in the latest version, that can be … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged Cantilever, continuous beam, Excel, Macaulay's Method, shear deflection, UDF, VBA
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