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Alvaro_951-Visitor
1-Visitor
Sep 29, 2019 10:27 PM UTC
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Continuous Beam Analysis - Stiffness Method

Hi everyone!

 

I'm sharing with you this worksheet hoping it will help you extract moments, forces and supports reactions from the continuous beam (>=2 spans) for further beam design according the codes you use.

 

Please let me know if you find errors or want to improve the code (calculation time is around 1 min for a 5-spans beam).

 

Alvaro Gavilán

 

(edited 30-09-19: tolerance adjusted in 9. Shear force equation)

    15 replies

    terryhendicott
    terryhendicott21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    Sep 30, 2019 3:06 AM UTC

    Hi,

     

    Thank you for sharing.

     

    Regards

    Terry

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      JBlackhole16-Pearl
      16-Pearl
      Sep 30, 2019 6:29 AM UTC

      Thanks for sharing. This is for Prime, isn't it? no chance of mcad 15 version?

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      Alvaro_951-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      Sep 30, 2019 11:31 AM UTC

      Yes. For Prime 5. I don't have the MC15.

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      Alvaro_951-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      Oct 5, 2019 4:40 PM UTC

      IMPROVED CODE!

       

      I can no longer edit my post, but here I add an improved worksheet for general loading conditions.

      English and Spanish versions.

       

      http://www.mediafire.com/folder/glwkjqh0f7wcd/Análisis_de_Viga_Continua

       

       

       

       

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        VladimirN24-Ruby IV
        24-Ruby IV
        Oct 6, 2019 12:04 AM UTC

        You can attach them here in a new message.

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          jwalk1-Visitor
          1-Visitor
          Aug 13, 2020 1:48 PM UTC

          Would someone who has Prime 5 mind printing this to PDF so I can take a look at it? I only have Prime 4. Thanks!

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          LucMeekes23-Emerald V
          23-Emerald V
          Aug 13, 2020 2:27 PM UTC

          Here's the file converted to Prime 4 for you.

           

          Success!
          Luc

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            jwalk1-Visitor
            1-Visitor
            Aug 13, 2020 2:30 PM UTC

            Awesome, thank you so much!

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