Catenary Calculator on Excel
Calculates catenary geometry, sag, length. Calculates angles and forces at the supports.
You can see the steps and how outputs were calculated. All formulas can be examined.
All done by formulas. No solvers, no macros, no VBA.
The spreadsheet: 099-Catenary.xls (size: 95 KB)
screenshot: tab: sheet1
screenshot: tab: Curves Enlarged
screenshot: tab: Incremental Changes
screenshot: tab: Cable Properties
screenshot: tab: Seven types of Catenaries
screenshot: tab: Comments
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