Category: Engineering
Pipe Stress Calculus May 2022
More Detail Imagine this elementary problem in pipe stress: design an otherwise straight run of pipe in a pipe rack utilizing an ‘expansion loop’, Now, minimize the size of the loop. This problem presents two independent variables (length and width) and one objective, minimizing overall pipe length. There are likely a handful of loop sizes that […]
Special Lecture: F-22 Flight Controls Dec 2021
ASCE Exact Wind Integration (closed form equations) Jun 2021
PyXLL to Jupyter Interface (with video) Dec 2020
Screenshots Jupyter Interface — Input Jupyter Interface — Input — Alternate Jupyter Interface — Output Excel Input Output Jupyter Matplotlib Plot Named Ranges Pasted List Named Ranges in Excel Name Manager Interface in Action — Video
PyXLL Custom Task Panes in Excel (with automated drawings and video) Nov 2020
Dialog Screenshots Generic Dialog AISC Dialog with to-scale cross section drawing Dialogs in Action — Video In the video, notice that the to-scale cross section drawing is updated as each AISC shape is selected.
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Multi-Page Apps using Dash/PythonAnywhere Apr 2020
AISC Strong Axis Bending https://khoitsma1.pythonanywhere.com/apps/app2 Replaces 45 pages in AISC 15th Manual Graphical and tabular data Change the shape selection (HP12, for instance) Hover over the chart data points AISC Filtered Shape Properties https://khoitsma1.pythonanywhere.com/apps/app3 All properties for a user’s selection (2L4X3X3/8X3/4SLBB , for instance) Just start typing 2L4 and the drop down will filter to […]
WT Braces Mar 2020
In the petrochemical business, it is quite common to see structural steel braces built from WT shapes. If you like Table 4-12 in the AISC 15th Edition, then you might like the attached example plots which I built on the same principle. AISC 15th Edition LRFD maximum axial capacities in kips; KL in feet Maximum […]
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Detailing matters! Original design vs Actual fabrication STRUCTURE Magazine August 2016
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