Joseph E. Bowles Foundation Analysis and Design 2

[AaronJR]

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I recently purchased the Bowles Foundation Analysis and Design 5th edition book however it did not come with the disk containing the Fortran Source code for the programs. Does anyone have a download for the fortran programs?

 

[oldestguy]

Joe Bowles may still be around so try to find him on the Internet and ask a Question.

 

[r13]

You might have to contact the publisher. Are you still using Fortran? I don't know if it runs under window environment.

 

[GeoEnvGuy]

I found the programs using a google search, but I do find it odd you want to perform engineering in 2020 using software developed in 1996 by a company that no longer exists and has no subsequent updates and the programs probably wont be compatible with your system.

http://www4.hcmut.edu.vn/~cnan/BOWLE/Foundation Analysis and Design CDROM. Bowles/EXE/

 

[r13]

If you need source code for Fortran, you can check local engineering college and library, as they might have a disk copy of it, and the dos operating environment that required to run the program.

 

[AaronJR]

Yea I found this as well :

http://www4.hcmut.edu.vn/~cnan/BOWLE/Foundation Analysis and Design CDROM. Bowles/EXE/

However the source code is of the most interest to me i.e. the Fortran 77/90 code. Hoping to update and reprogram his solutions in either Python/MATLAB.

 

[msquared48]

Some of the programs were printed in the book...

Mike McCann, PE, SE (WA, HI)

 

[civeng80]

Joe Bowles died quite a long time ago.
I did use some of the software in his book and it was quite good back then.
It may be possible to run these programs on a Virtual machine with windows 95 although I never tried it.

 

[IDS]

There are plenty of options for using Fortran under Windows:

Install a Windows Fortran compiler and run from a Command Window, just like you used to.
Write a Python front end and call the Fortran code using ctypes or f2py.
Install an Excel/Python interface and call the Fortran code via Python direct from Excel.
Compile as a dll and call from Excel with VBA.

There are examples of all of the above on my blog.



Doug Jenkins
Interactive Design Services

http://newtonexcelbach.wordpress.com/

 

[r13]

If you got the program/source code, follow the procedure, and rewrite it (if you ever used Fortran in the past).

 

[Altmanio]

Can someone re-share a link to the CD files.
Have the book but not the programs for some reason