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Long considered the leading authority on structural element design and analysis, Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain has been helping engineers solve design problems for more than 60 years.

Those familiar with the book will be thrilled to learn that it is now available entirely in Excel, creating a dynamic, indispensable resource in the form of Universal Technical Systems' Roark's Formulas for Excel.

Proven and Powerful

Both Excel and Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain are long established, dependable resources.

The Excel based program follows the book's organization of formulas by chapter, table and case. With the entire collection of formulas pre-programmed and ready to use at the click of a button, Roark's Formulas for Excel makes applying multiple formulas fast and easy. Simply open the Roark's Formulas application in Excel, and watch the formulas come alive in Excel actually allowing you to input values, solve and report on solutions. Roark's well organized format allows for easy access and rapid results.

What's New

This new release contains:Launch Roark's Formulas and other Excel applications from UTS with the new Application Dashboard.asy menu-driven access to every table and case.Superpostion Wizard allows automated problem solving for multiple loads. Download Fact sheet.Preformatted plots for deflection, stress, bending moments and more.Customizable Materials Database.Choose US/English or SI (metric) units.Change or select units for any variable via pull down menu.Instantly create PDF reports, complete with calculated plots. Download sample report.

A Designer's Dream

Roark's Formulas for Excel also includes Superposition Wizards: an automated menu driven feature that handles single and multiple load calculations on beams and plates. These potentially complex calculations are handled seamlessly and in just a fraction of the time. Also a convenient PDF output report is generated.

The first edition of Roark's Formulas, designed for TK Solver, was released by UTS in 1989, and was quickly received by consumers as a "design engineer's dream," as described by Professor Warren Young, the co-author of Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. Now, UTS has made it available to Excel users, providing an exceedingly efficient and accessible resource for the practical engineer.

Roark's Formulas for Excel requires Windows 2000 or XP and MS Excel 2000 or later. It needs 256 MB RAM and 250 MB HD space.