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py_xlCBA – Supports with defined deflections

Posted on 29/01/2026 by dougaj4

As stated in the previous post, this post will cover the calculation of beam actions and displacements when one or more supports have a defined vertical displacement, using the pyCBA beam analysis package. The Python code has been updated since … Continue reading →

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py_xlCBA update

Posted on 18/01/2026 by dougaj4

Following the previous post the py_xlCBA spreadsheet and associated code have been updated. The updated files, including open-source code, can be downloaded from: py_xlCBA.zip Note that the link in the previous post was downloading the wrong file, and has just … Continue reading →

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Calling PyCBA from Excel

Posted on 04/01/2026 by dougaj4

PyCBA is a Python based continuous beam analysis program. From the on-line docs: I have set up a spreadsheet based on py_Conbeam that converts the py_Conbeam input to PyCBA format, then runs the PyCBA analysis and returns the results to … Continue reading →

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