This example is an actual serious structural engineering calculation with graphical documentation.
Category: AISC
PyXLL Custom Task Panes in Excel (with automated drawings and video) Nov 2020
The PyXLL/Jupyter interface would be drab without custom menus and graphical feedback.

Multi-Page Apps using Dash/PythonAnywhere Apr 2020
I built these apps on the web โ accessible from any device โ desktop, phone, iPad
ยท AISC Strong Axis Bending
ยท AISC Filtered Shape Properties
ยท Coefficient C for Bolt Groups
ยท WT Strut Capacity (eccentrically loaded)

WT Braces Mar 2020
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.

Hyatt Regency Walkway Collapse
Detailing matters! Original design vs Actual fabrication STRUCTURE Magazine August 2016
Yield Line Theory — Rotation Angles Feb 2020

Single angle braces vs WT braces Feb 2020
Because I prefer the simplicity of using a single angle brace, I prepared a general calculation set demonstrating a few use cases.
World Refining Magazine
A magazine article I wrote in 2002.

Calculate Beta w for Single Angles Dec 2019 (revised Jul 2021)
Closed form solution to single angle design equation.
Structural Property Calculator — Improved Dec 2019
Using SLY, I improved my domain-specific language (DSL) for calculating with AISC structural properties.
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