About
=====
Console app and Python API for determining beam integrals of all 6 supported
beam types, as described in [Milasinovic1997]_. This is a reengineered, advanced
version of our `previous work`_.
This work is a part of the investigation within the research projects:
[ON174027]_ and [TR36017]_, supported by the Ministry for Science and
Technology, Republic of Serbia. This support is gratefully acknowledged.
`Continuous integration`_ is powered by `Jenkins`_.
.. image:: http://ci.petarmaric.com/job/beam_integrals/badge/icon
:target: http://ci.petarmaric.com/job/beam_integrals/
References
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.. [Milasinovic1997]
Milašinović, D.D. "The Finite Strip Method in Computational Mechanics".
Faculties of Civil Engineering: University of Novi Sad, Technical University
of Budapest and University of Belgrade: Subotica, Budapest, Belgrade. (1997)
.. [ON174027]
"Computational Mechanics in Structural Engineering"
.. [TR36017]
"Utilization of by-products and recycled waste materials in concrete
composites in the scope of sustainable construction development in Serbia:
investigation and environmental assessment of possible applications"
.. _`previous work`: https://bitbucket.org/losmi83/mktn5
.. _`Continuous integration`: http://ci.petarmaric.com/job/beam_integrals/
.. _`Jenkins`: https://jenkins-ci.org/
Installation
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To install beam_integrals run::
$ pip install beam_integrals
It's strongly recommended to install `gmpy`_. Without it code will still run
correctly, but much slower at high precision.
.. _`gmpy`: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/gmpy
Console app usage
=================
Quick start::
$ beam_integrals <subcomand> ...
Show help::
$ beam_integrals help
Python API usage
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Quick start::
>>> from beam_integrals.beam_types import FreeFreeBeam
>>> from beam_integrals.integrals import I1, integrate
>>> integrate(I1(), FreeFreeBeam(), a=1., m=1, n=1, error=True)
Contribute
==========
If you find any bugs, or wish to propose new features `please let us know`_.
If you'd like to contribute, simply fork `the repository`_, commit your changes
and send a pull request. Make sure you add yourself to `AUTHORS`_.
.. _`please let us know`: https://github.com/petarmaric/beam_integrals/issues/new
.. _`the repository`: https://github.com/petarmaric/beam_integrals
.. _`AUTHORS`: https://github.com/petarmaric/beam_integrals/blob/master/AUTHORS
New in beam_integrals 1.1.0
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Feature additions
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* Added a heuristic to help guessing the scale function/factor, as per the
section 3.4 of my PhD thesis.
