Tag Archives: Units aware

Working with implied units – update

Posted on September 30, 2017 by dougaj4

Following comments at Eng-Tips I have added two examples with different procedures for evaluating ACI equations for the flexural tensile strength of concrete here.

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Working with implied units

Posted on September 19, 2017 by dougaj4

The Units4Excel spreadsheet provides a number of functions to convert between different units and evaluate functions entered as text on the spreadsheet, taking account of the units of both the inputs and the results.  The latest version can be downloaded from: … Continue reading →

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Evaluating text – update

Posted on June 28, 2014 by dougaj4

One disadvantage of the spreadsheet style interface is that even simple formulae are difficult to check.  For instance, the deflection of a cantilever loaded at the end is given by: F*L^3/(3*E*I) which is much easier to read than the Excel … Continue reading →

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Units for Excel 5:

Posted on August 28, 2012 by dougaj4

Previous post on Units for Excel Download spreadsheet: Units4Excel.zip I have posted a new update of the Units4Excel spreadsheet for download (link above).  The main changes are: The ConvertA and ConvertA2 functions have been combined. The ToSI and FromSI functions have been deleted, … Continue reading →

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Units for Excel 4: Scripting dictionaries

Posted on August 8, 2012 by dougaj4

As mentioned in the previous post I have now updated the Units4Excel spreadsheet with the use of scripting dictionaries to speed up the process of finding units in the lists, and also to simplify the process of adding or deleting units.  … Continue reading →

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