I have written or collected a number of simple programs written in BASIC (or QBASIC). Anyone who has written a program has a feeing that it should be used, and I am no different. Therefore I am making these programs available on a .Zip program by Email. See the note at the end of this section.

I have described the use of several of these programs in EXAMPLES.

The input to most of these programs is quite simple. For the programs with only a little input, the program shows a built-in example, and the asks for the values for your example. For prograams needing a large amount of input, then the DATA and READ statements are used.

Examples of of the use of some of these programs.

The list of programs follows with a short discription.

SECTION 1: PROPERTIES OF SECTIONS

PROP-X-C.BAS, Area, Moment of inertia, etc of sections about the X-axis. Input is by coordinates.
PROP-PL.BAS, Steel sections made up of I beams and plates.
PROP-XY.BAS, Complete properties of odd shaped sections. Input is by coordinates of the section. The example shown is an angle 8X6x1.
PROP-CRL.BAS, Properties of a circular section, as for half a pipe.

SECTION 2: DIMENSIONS OF STRUCTURES

D-CIRCLE.BAS, Coordinates and segments of circular arches. Allows the section to be placed at an angle.
D-PARAB.BAS, Same for parabolic arches, any power of parabloa.
D-SINE.BAS, Same for an arch in the shape of a sine function.
D-ELLIPS.BAS, All or part of an ellipse.
D-FINICU.BAS, Funicular arch coordinates for a given set of loads.

SECTION 3: MOMENT DISTRIBUTION

For small problems, and for checking large designs, moment distribution is often much faster and less effort than to invoke a large matrix analysis program. Included are programs for moments in beams with variable sections such as tapered beams which are not available in the ordinary frame analysis program. Also there is a moment distribution program that can analyse building frames for both vertical and lateral loads.

MD-FRAME.BAS, Analyses multistory frames for vertical and lateral loads.
MD-DISTR.BAS, Members with uniform sections.
MD-FACTR.BAS, Fixed end moments for all types of loadings.
MD-HINGE.BAS, Moment distribution factors for members with hinges, to be used with the program for variable distribution.
MD-VARIB.BAS, Distribution for members with variable sections.
MD-VFACT.BAS, Factors for members with variable cross sections,

SECTION 4, BEAM ANALYSIS PROGRAMS

B-MOM-DEFL.BAS, Moments and deflections in simple beams with various loadings, including end mements.
B-PORTAL.BAS, Portal method for tall building latereal moments.
B-ARTICU.BAS, Articulated beams for roof structures.

There is also a README.TXT that explains how to use BASIC and other operations.

HOW TO GET THE PROGRAMS

You can download all of these programs by clicking HERE

You will need an unzip program. There are many available by downloading from the internet.

My email address is mketchum@inet-access.com