Tag Archives: shear deflections

3D Frame Update

Posted on 29/04/2021 by dougaj4

Following a comment here I have updated the code for the 3DFrame spreadsheet to calculate shear deflections correctly for sections with a different shear area for each transverse principal axis. The updated files can be downloaded from: 3DFrame.zip A note … Continue reading →

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Using UDFs – Continuous Beam Example

Posted on 03/05/2012 by dougaj4

Recently (well a month ago) a comment was left at Continuous Beams with Shear Deflections asking for a tutorial on how to use the ConBeam User Defined Function (UDF).  In this post I will give detailed instructions for the ConBeam function, but similar … Continue reading →

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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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