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RC Design Functions update
Following a comment here I have updated my RC Design Functions spreadsheet, which is available for free download (including full open-source code) from: RC Design Functions7.zip The main new features in the latest version are: The existing optional “depth” argument has … Continue reading
Posted in Arrays, Beam Bending, Concrete, Excel, Frame Analysis, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged EStress function, Excel, Goal Seek, Reinforced Concrete, UDF, UMom function, VBA
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Reinforced Concrete Moment Curvature – Development over time
I recently noticed that in the RC Design Functions spreadsheet the TimeCurve function had stopped working. The function calculates the development of reinforced concrete section curvature over time, and was previously presented in Reinforced Concrete Moment-Curvature – 3; Restrained Shrinkage and Creep and Reinforced … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Concrete, Excel, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged creep, development over time, Excel, moment curvature, RC Design Functions, Reinforced Concrete, shrinkage, TimeCurve function, UDF, VBA
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Faster Biaxial Bending
The spreadsheet to calculate ultimate moment capacity of a reinforced or prestressed concrete section under combined axial load and biaxial bending, last presented here, has been updated to use the QuadBrent solver, rather than the Excel Goal Seek function, for … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Concrete, Excel, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged biaxial bending, Brents method, Combined bending and axial load, Excel, Prestressed concrete, Reinforced Concrete, UDF, ultimate moment capacity, VBA
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Reinforced Concrete – ULS capacity under combined axial load and biaxial bending
I have modified the ULS Design Functions spreadsheet, last presented here, to analyse sections subject to bi-axial bending, and non-symmetrical sections. The new version makes use of the routines for splitting any section defined by XY coordinates into trapezoidal layers, described … Continue reading
Posted in Beam Bending, Concrete, Excel, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged biaxial bending, Combined bending and axial load, Excel, Prestressed concrete, Reinforced Concrete, UDF, VBA
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Concrete ULS spreadsheet update
The ULS Design Functions spreadsheet has been updated with the addition of provision for the Eurocode 2 rectangular stress block. The new spreadsheet can be downloaded from: ULS Design Functions.zip (including full open-source code). For more details see: ULS Analysis … Continue reading
Posted in Concrete, Excel, Newton, UDFs, VBA
Tagged Concrete section, Excel, Prestressed concrete, Reinforced Concrete, UDF, ULS design, VBA
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