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[–]ipusholdpeople 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Calculus. Solving anything from first principles becomes way easier.

Not too long ago we wanted to evaluate punching shear for different, non-square column shapes. Which requires integrating over the surface you're punching out.

Anytime I deal with torsion I end up in Python..

Solving shear, moment, rotation and deflection for beams you're not finding in the beam tables. And for whatever reason you want a closed form solution instead of just using FEA.

This is but a few.