Tag Archives: UDF

Listing sheet names

Answering my own question from the previous post, here is a short UDF that will return a list of worksheet names, starting with any chosen sheet:

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Continuous beam with varying stiffness

Previous Splinebeam post One of my aims in developing the splinebeam function is to carry out non-linear analysis of reinforced concrete beams, allowing for the greatly reduced flexural stiffness of reinforced concrete sections after cracking of the concrete.  To that … Continue reading

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Finding Circle Centres in 3D

In 2 new functions for IP.xls I described two Excel User Defined Functions (UDFs) to find the radius and centre of a circle defined by 3D coordinates for either 3 points on the circumference, or for two tangent points and the … Continue reading

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Continuous beam with specified end conditions …

… and/or support displacements. The previous post in this series derived cubic splines with specified end conditions; either a specified curvature or a specified end slope. I have adapted the splinebeam function to allow input of specified end conditions (either a … Continue reading

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Two new functions for IP.xls

Edit 8 Feb 2012: The functions described below have been superseded by new versions which are described at https://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/finding-circle-centres-in-3d/.  That link also gives a description (with diagrams!) of how the functions work.  The download file for the new versions is … Continue reading

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