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    Class A and AA Concrete Properties

    Thanks, PEinc. I am doing a FEM analysis on bridge approach slab and would like to have resonable properties for the concrete slabs normally classed as "A" and "AA". Jack
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    Class A and AA Concrete Properties

    Hi, Does anyone know the properties of Class A and AA Concrete properties (Stength and Young's Modulus)? Thanks in advance. Jack
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    How to print an array with variable dimensions in VB

    Does anyone know how to print an array with variable dimensions in VB? The following code won't do what I want, it outputs only one column, not rj (10 here) columns. Open "debug.txt" For Output As #1 rm=10 rj=10 For i = 1 To rm For j = 1 To rj Print #1, my_array(i,j)...
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    How to copy a formula without changing references

    MortenA, To add $, you can use "F4" key, it will save you time. Before you add "$", place the sursor where you want to add. Regards, jackzhong
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    Steel axial compression equation

    In ASD steel manual, ninth edition, page 5-54, equation H1-1: fa/Fa+Cmx fbx/((1-fa/Fex')Fbx) +Cmy fby/((1-fa/Fey')Fby)<=1.0 Should &quot;Cm/(1-fa/Fex')&quot; or &quot;Cm/(1-fa/Fey')&quot; be always greater than 1.0? Jack McCormac's &quot;structural steel design ASD method&quot; book metioned...
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    Factor k in the correlation of OCR with CPT data

    Normally soil overconsolidation ratio (OCR) is related to CPT data as: OCR = k (qc - rD)/(r'D) Where qc = cone resistance r = soil unit weight r' = effective soil unit weight D = penetration k = constant Several references mentioned that the range of k is 0.2...
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    Trendline problems

    When you use very high order polynomial trendline, you should be careful about all the constants You should set the decimal places to a very large number by formatting the data label of the equation. It looks that 6 significant digits such as &quot;-0.0023&quot; is not enough, you need more...
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    Excel macro stopping

    There are several ways to make your spreadsheet run faster. For example, copying and pasting by &quot;Range&quot; instead of writing to cells by looping blocks, turning off screen updating by using Application.Screenupdating=False, etc.

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