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Alvaro_951-Visitor
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September 29, 2019
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Continuous Beam Analysis - Stiffness Method

  • September 29, 2019
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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)

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    21-Topaz II
    terryhendicott21-Topaz II
    21-Topaz II
    September 30, 2019

    Hi,

     

    Thank you for sharing.

     

    Regards

    Terry

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      JBlackhole16-Pearl
      16-Pearl
      September 30, 2019

      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
      September 30, 2019

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

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      Alvaro_951-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      October 5, 2019

      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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        24-Ruby III
        VladimirN24-Ruby III
        24-Ruby III
        October 6, 2019

        You can attach them here in a new message.

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          jwalk1-Visitor
          1-Visitor
          August 13, 2020

          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 IV
          23-Emerald IV
          August 13, 2020

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

           

          Success!
          Luc

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            jwalk1-Visitor
            1-Visitor
            August 13, 2020

            Awesome, thank you so much!

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