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.
Universal Technical Systems, Inc. (UTS) takes it one step further with Interactive Roark’s Formulas — a fully interactive version of the landmark reference combined with powerful problem solving technology that dramatically reduces design hours and production costs and speeds time to market. Imagine not just words and formulas on a page but completely automated stress analysis of a comprehensive range of structural components – right on your desktop!
Proven and Powerful
Interactive Roark’s Formulas has been thoroughly user-tested and in continuous use since 1989. It includes interactive calculations for all cases and tables with accompanying diagrams that help streamline the design process and reduce design iterations as well as the need for complicated finite element analysis. In addition, International System of Units (SI) and United States Customary Units (USCU) conversion is automatic with Interactive Roark’s Formulas, making model sharing easier than ever.
The user-friendly menuing system lets you select a problem by chapter, table, and case – exactly as it is in the book. However, here’s where the similarities end. Pre-formatted plots of deflection, stress, and bending moments let you refine the design like never before. What’s more, a powerful math engine with the unique ability to solve for a variety of combinations of input and output variables — known as backsolving — allows you to easily test what-if scenarios and optimize designs without hours of tedious calculations or programming. Just point, click, and solve.
Notice: The book for the 7th Edition of Roark's Formulas has been discontinued and will not be provided with any version of the software.
Roark’s Formulas gives you the ability to tackle design challenges that would otherwise be too complicated or costly to attempt.
Note: To access Roarks's Formulas', a separate TK Solver license is required and is not included in the annual subscription price of the application.
Roark's Formulas with TK Solver
Interactive Calculations — For all cases and tables.
Dynamic Plot Annotations — For data analysis and visualization.
Full Materials Database — For streamlined data entry. Customizable to include your data and material selections.
Automatic Unit Conversion — For model sharing flexibility.
Report Wizard — For on-demand custom reporting.
Superposition Wizard — Handles multiple load calculations on beams and plates with ease.
Solution Optimizer — For advanced control over constraints and bounds.
Roark's Formulas with Excel
Interactive Calculations — For all cases and tables.
Dynamic Plot Annotations — For data analysis and visualization.
Full Materials Database — For streamlined data entry. Customizable to include your data and material selections.
Automatic Unit Conversion — For model sharing flexibility.
Report Wizard — For on-demand custom reporting.
Superposition Wizard — Handles multiple load calculations on beams and plates with ease.
Solution Optimizer — For advanced control over constraints and bounds.
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.
Universal Technical Systems, Inc. (UTS) takes it one step further with Interactive Roark’s Formulas — a fully interactive version of the landmark reference combined with powerful problem solving technology that dramatically reduces design hours and production costs and speeds time to market. Imagine not just the words and formulas on a page, but a completely automated stress analysis of a comprehensive range of structural components – right on your desktop!
Proven and Powerful
Interactive Roark’s Formulas has been thoroughly user-tested and in continuous use since 1989. It includes interactive calculations for all cases and tables with accompanying diagrams that help streamline the design process and reduce design iterations as well as the need for complicated finite element analysis. In addition, International System of Units (SI) and United States Customary Units (USCU) conversion is automatic with Interactive Roark’s Formulas, making model sharing easier than ever.
The user-friendly menuing system lets you select a problem by chapter, table, and case – exactly as it is in the book. However, here’s where the similarities end. Pre-formatted plots of deflection, stress, and bending moments let you refine the design like never before. What’s more, a powerful math engine with the unique ability to solve for a variety of combinations of input and output variables — known as backsolving — allows you to easily test what-if scenarios and optimize designs without hours of tedious calculations or programming. Just point, click, and solve.
Notice: The book for the 7th Edition of Roark's Formulas has been discontinued and will not be provided with any version of the software.
Bottom Line: Interactive Roark’s Formulas gives you the ability to tackle design challenges that would otherwise be too complicated or costly to attempt.
Note: To access Roark's Formulas', a separate TK Solver license is required and is not included in the annual subscription price of the application.
A Designer’s Dream
Interactive Roark’s Formulas includes a number of built-in functions and ease of use features like the Superposition Data Entry Wizard that allows multiple loads to be handled easily by automatically calculating and displaying plots of stress, deflection, and shear for the combined loads every step of the way. What used to take hours now takes a matter of minutes!
When first released in 1989, Roark’s Formulas co-author Warren Young called Interactive Roark’s Formulas “a designers dream.” In reality, it’s an indispensable tool for any designer, engineer, or technician that works with beams, columns, plates, rings, tanks, or pressure vessels.
The book for the 7th Edition of Roark's Formulas has been discontinued and will not be provided with any version of the software.
We offer different versions for 32-bit vs. 64-bit versions of Microsoft Office. Be sure to check your version of Excel before ordering. Also note that many people have 64-bit computers running 32-bit Office.
This product requires Microsoft Excel 2000 or higher. We offer an XLA add-in for older versions of Excel and a COM add-in for newer versions of Excel.
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Roark's Formulas For Excel
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 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.
Bottom Line: Interactive Roark’s Formulas gives you the ability to tackle design challenges that would otherwise be too complicated or costly to attempt.
Note: To access Roark's Formula for Excel, a separate TK Solver license is required and is not included in the annual subscription price of the application.
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
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.
See What Our Customers Say About RFE
“UTS looks like they have another winner on their hands. First they merged one of the most popular engineering references with TKSolver's backsolving capability to create Interactive Roark's Formulas for TKSolver. It is an application that simplifies an engineer' s life immensely. I can't count the hours it has saved me from re-creating spreadsheets from a textbook. Now, UTS has done it again. They've taken the same powerful application and wrapped it in arguably the most widely used engineer's tool....amazing. UTS continues to be the best kept secret in the engineering software world."
Wayne Pilgrim
Weatherford Incorporated
"As a TK Solver / Roark user of nearly two decades, I am very impressed to see that Roark's formulas is now presented as a robust "plug and play" module within Excel.
Just select the model(s) you want, select the parameters of interest, solve and then click to produce a well presented report that clearly and accurately presents the data in a coherent and understandable form for your peers.
If a picture paints a thousand words, then Roark's Formulas for Excel solves a million Engineering problems.
I look forward to using it alongside my regular finite element stress analysis software and actual mechanical testing as a confidence booster to give accurate engineering judgement and results."
Mike Hagland
Senior Materials Analyst - Gyrus Medical Limited
I have found ‘Roark’s Formulas for Excel’ to be a very useful tool. The ability to access Roark’s book in a familiar environment such as MS Excel is ideal for calculations and report writing. Furthermore, the learning curve is almost non-existent."
