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Curved and tapered glulam to NDS 2024 5.4.1, 5.4.2

Curved glulam beams and double-tapered curved beams: curvature effects, radial tension and compression, tapered segments, shear, deflection and horizontal movement (NDS 2024 5.4).

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What you get

From the inputs to a finished curved and tapered glulam calculation

The applicable checks, step by step

Every check to NDS 2024 5.4.1, 5.4.2 with its equation, the values that go into it, the result and the code section, and the governing case up front. Results update as you type.

A calculation report a reviewer can follow

Inputs, load combinations, every check with its result and reference, and the governing case, in a clear PDF with your title block.

Drawings

Where the calculation has a shape to draw: elevations, sections and the diagrams, on a sheet with your title block, as PDF or DXF.

Your units, your method

US or metric units at any time, LRFD or ASD where the code offers both; the report follows.

Verification

How the curved and tapered glulam is tested

2worked examples
17values compared
17match
0documented differences, each explained

Against hand calculations from the code equations, on every change. The method and the sources.

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