Tag Archives: parabolic-linear stress block

Concrete Stress Blocks

Posted on 15/08/2020 by dougaj4

Back in 2010 and 2011 posts here looked at a comparison of alternative stress blocks in the then new AS 3600, and a procedure for calculating parameters for a rectangular stress block exactly equivalent to the Eurocode 2 parabolic-rectangular stress … Continue reading →

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ULS design of circular reinforced concrete columns

Posted on 09/06/2019 by dougaj4

The RC Design Functions spreadsheet has been updated (to Version 8.04) with the addition of a CircU function for ULS design of circular reinforced concrete sections under combined bending and axial load.  The new version, including full open-source code, may … Continue reading →

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