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F.R. Montgomery, R.K.H. Tam, "An Interactive Program to Design Plywood Web Box Beams or I Beams", in B.H.V. Topping, M.C. Forde, H.W. Whittington, (Editors), "Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Software and Applications for Macro and Mini Computers", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 166-176, 1983.

Abstract

A D.E.C.-PDP 11/23 mini computer has been used together with a Tektronic 4663 Interactive Digital Plotter to develop a highly interactive program for the design of plywood web box beams and I-beams. It will accept dimensions and material properties and changes to them at almost any stage of the design and produces a graphical representation of all the design limitations and shows how they are related over a large range of loads and spans. Ideally all the design limiting values should lie simultaneously at the required design point. The designer can alter his input to move the various limitations and can very quickly achieve an optimum design and thereby make considerable material savings.

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Front Page Browse CCP CSETS CTR IJRT Other Authors Search Purchase Guide FAQ Contact us	Civil-Comp Proceedings ISSN 1759-3433 CCP: 1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON CIVIL AND STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING SOFTWARE AND APPLICATIONS FOR MACRO AND MINI COMPUTERS Edited by: B.H.V. Topping, M.C. Forde, H.W. Whittington Paper VI.7 An Interactive Program to Design Plywood Web Box Beams or I Beams F.R. Montgomery and R.K.H. Tam The Queen's University, Belfast purchase the full-text of this paper Full Bibliographic Reference for this paper F.R. Montgomery, R.K.H. Tam, "An Interactive Program to Design Plywood Web Box Beams or I Beams", in B.H.V. Topping, M.C. Forde, H.W. Whittington, (Editors), "Proceedings of the International Conference on Civil and Structural Engineering Software and Applications for Macro and Mini Computers", Civil-Comp Press, Edinburgh, UK, pp 166-176, 1983. Abstract A D.E.C.-PDP 11/23 mini computer has been used together with a Tektronic 4663 Interactive Digital Plotter to develop a highly interactive program for the design of plywood web box beams and I-beams. It will accept dimensions and material properties and changes to them at almost any stage of the design and produces a graphical representation of all the design limitations and shows how they are related over a large range of loads and spans. Ideally all the design limiting values should lie simultaneously at the required design point. The designer can alter his input to move the various limitations and can very quickly achieve an optimum design and thereby make considerable material savings. purchase the full-text of this paper (price £10) go to the previous paper go to the next paper return to the table of contents return to the book description purchase this book (price £70 +P&P)
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