MITCalc - Plates

A great deal of accuracy in real life construction and engineering is because of computer calculus. It can now aid in any domain of activity to minimize the risk of errors and enhance productivity. For instance, MITCalc - Plates comes as a workbook for Excel to perform deflection calculus, as well as for stress and variation of forces for flat plates.

One of the main requirements is Microsoft Excel because this isn’t a standalone application, but a workbook you open up in the designated spreadsheet editor. It’s opened like a regular file, with the custom content immediately loaded and displayed in several sheets, such as calculation, tables, options, data, and the dictionary used.

The core function of the workbook is to provide means of calculating stress, variation of forces, and deflection calculus for plates. This can be done for circular, annular circular, as well as rectangular plates.

Each type of plate comes with a dedicated section to fill in requirements. You get to calculate deflection, slope, moment of stress in a random point, and more. Sections are also fitted with corresponding graphs which update according to the provided values.

Functions can also be used to calculate the minimum required plate thickness, or the maximum load. Safety coefficient is also a part of the operation.