Tag Archives: Macaulay’s Method

Continuous Beams with Shear Deflections

Posted on 31/12/2011 by dougaj4

The Macaulay Spreadsheet has now been modified to optionally include shear deflections, as well as a new option to output support reactions, and fixes to minor bugs. The revised spreadsheet (including full open source code) can be downloaded from: Macaulay.zip … Continue reading →

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Continuous Beams With Spring Supports by Macaulay’s Method

Posted on 15/12/2011 by dougaj4

Following the last post on this topic: Continuous Beams With Cantilevers by Macaulay’s Method, and by popular demand, I have now updated the continuous beam and single span analysis functions to accept spring translational and moment restraints.  Also added is … Continue reading →

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Beam actions and deflections by Macaulay’s Method

Posted on 12/11/2011 by dougaj4

Macaulay’s Method is a convenient method of applying beam slope-deflection equations to find the shear forces, bending moments, slopes and deflections of a structural beam subject to complex load conditions, including partial varying distributed loads and point loads and moments.  It … Continue reading →

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