A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel

This report is for a quick design tool developed for structure designers or engineers to design Circular Hollow Section (CHS) beam-column members and base plates with “I” section, Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS), Circular Hollow Section (CHS), and Square Hollow Section (SHS). This design tool is...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kong, Qingyang.
Other Authors: Lee Chi King
Format: Final Year Project (FYP)
Language:English
Published: 2013
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52953
_version_ 1824456212561788928
author Kong, Qingyang.
author2 Lee Chi King
author_facet Lee Chi King
Kong, Qingyang.
author_sort Kong, Qingyang.
collection NTU
description This report is for a quick design tool developed for structure designers or engineers to design Circular Hollow Section (CHS) beam-column members and base plates with “I” section, Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS), Circular Hollow Section (CHS), and Square Hollow Section (SHS). This design tool is based on Microsoft-Excel (MS) with macros. The macros are built by Visual Basic for Application (VBA). It allows the user to perform his design work by simply entering the data and all the calculation steps will be stated clearly in MS spreadsheets. In this report, the author will use multiple screenshots with instructions to show all the functions or control buttons used inside the design tool. With Macros, VBA and hyperlink used inside the spreadsheet, the design process becomes much more automatically and the interface becomes much more user-friendly. As a conclusion, the author wants to build a simply and user friendly design tool to help the user to design easily and quickly without any problem. The author hope the user can enjoy the design process. The author also hopes this design tool can be developed with more functions and becomes more user-friendly in the future and more users can enjoy using this design tool.
first_indexed 2025-02-19T03:50:31Z
format Final Year Project (FYP)
id ntu-10356/52953
institution Nanyang Technological University
language English
last_indexed 2025-02-19T03:50:31Z
publishDate 2013
record_format dspace
spelling ntu-10356/529532023-03-03T17:20:19Z A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel Kong, Qingyang. Lee Chi King School of Civil and Environmental Engineering DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering This report is for a quick design tool developed for structure designers or engineers to design Circular Hollow Section (CHS) beam-column members and base plates with “I” section, Rectangular Hollow Section (RHS), Circular Hollow Section (CHS), and Square Hollow Section (SHS). This design tool is based on Microsoft-Excel (MS) with macros. The macros are built by Visual Basic for Application (VBA). It allows the user to perform his design work by simply entering the data and all the calculation steps will be stated clearly in MS spreadsheets. In this report, the author will use multiple screenshots with instructions to show all the functions or control buttons used inside the design tool. With Macros, VBA and hyperlink used inside the spreadsheet, the design process becomes much more automatically and the interface becomes much more user-friendly. As a conclusion, the author wants to build a simply and user friendly design tool to help the user to design easily and quickly without any problem. The author hope the user can enjoy the design process. The author also hopes this design tool can be developed with more functions and becomes more user-friendly in the future and more users can enjoy using this design tool. Bachelor of Engineering (Civil) 2013-05-29T05:39:14Z 2013-05-29T05:39:14Z 2013 2013 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52953 en Nanyang Technological University 38 p. application/pdf
spellingShingle DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
Kong, Qingyang.
A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel
title A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel
title_full A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel
title_fullStr A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel
title_full_unstemmed A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel
title_short A quick design tool for the design of beam‐column member and base plate using MS Excel
title_sort quick design tool for the design of beam column member and base plate using ms excel
topic DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering
url http://hdl.handle.net/10356/52953
work_keys_str_mv AT kongqingyang aquickdesigntoolforthedesignofbeamcolumnmemberandbaseplateusingmsexcel
AT kongqingyang quickdesigntoolforthedesignofbeamcolumnmemberandbaseplateusingmsexcel