{"id":1443,"date":"2012-09-11T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2012-09-11T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.com\/wp\/?p=1443"},"modified":"2014-03-31T10:19:49","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T10:19:49","slug":"shellcalc-version-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=1443","title":{"rendered":"ShellCalc\u00a9 Version 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/514.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1445\" title=\"514\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/514.jpg\" width=\"356\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/514.jpg 926w, http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/514-300x239.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 356px) 100vw, 356px\" \/><\/a>We have developed a new version of ShellCalc\u00a9 with some new features<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ability to set launch height below ground level (useful for firing in valleys)<\/li>\n<li>Ability to set shell burst diameter to override ShellCalc\u00a9 defaults<\/li>\n<li>** NEW in v5.16 ** Ability to set &#8220;Standard&#8221; Shell Burst Height<\/li>\n<li>Shells now explicitly include Bombettes (for single shot devices)<\/li>\n<li>Optional calculation and display of &#8220;normal&#8221; debris paths and distances &#8211; eg shell case fragments<\/li>\n<li>Optional calculation and display of &#8220;long burning&#8221; debris paths and distances &#8211; eg Kamuro stars<\/li>\n<li>Rationalised data input screens<\/li>\n<li>Large scale data plots &#8211; for printing or screen grab\/insertion into reports etc<\/li>\n<li>Help TAB<\/li>\n<li>TAB including windspeed conversion table<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We have also changed the program somewhat<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We have removed the Imperial\/Metric option (temporarily) as most users do not use it<\/li>\n<li>Removal of macros &#8211; to print use normal Excel functions<\/li>\n<li>Consequent removal of buttons &#8211; change tabs using normal Excel features<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The changes and models behind them will be documented in a paper shortly.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/traj5141.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1446\" title=\"traj514\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/images\/traj5141.jpg\" width=\"363\" height=\"282\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/traj5141.jpg 560w, http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/traj5141-300x233.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 363px) 100vw, 363px\" \/><\/a>The next major version of ShellCalc\u00a9 <strong>(version 6)<\/strong> is planned to contain the following features. \u00a0We&#8217;d be happy to hear your views on these. \u00a0It is also likely that the next version will be a charged for download &#8211; we will always keep the previous version free for download.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Incorporation of Standardised parameters from European Standard of Cat 4 fireworks. \u00a0Eg the ability to enter Standard Shell Burst Height and allow this to override ShellCalc\u00a9 default calculations<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">User entered data for Mortar Parameters (to calculate effect on burst height etc)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Calculations for Aqua Shells<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Calculations for Mines<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Further development of &#8220;normal&#8221; and &#8220;long burning&#8221; fallout models<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\">Further development of data entry and output screens<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Changelog for V5 (please note downloading the file will download the latest version)<\/p>\n<p>v5.1.4 &#8211; original version<br \/>\nv5.1.5 &#8211; minor bug fixes<br \/>\nv5.1.6 &#8211; ability to set &#8220;Standard&#8221; Shell Burst Height<br \/>\nv5.17 &#8211; fixed scale graphs for export purposes<br \/>\nv 5.18 &#8211; Corrected bug for large size shell burst height\u00a0<strong><br \/>\nv5.23 &#8211; Updated fallout infromation etc \u00a0(see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=1585\">http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=1585<\/a>)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Very occasionally users have reported that the xlsx file is downloaded with a zip extension. \u00a0If this happens just rename the file extension to xlsx and all should be fine! \u00a0If you still experience problems opening the file ensure that you have a recent (post 2007) version of Excel installed &#8211; or download the Microsoft compatibility pack<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/support.microsoft.com\/kb\/924074\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Download <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shellcalc.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/shellcalc.xlsx\">Shellcalc 5.23<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have developed a new version of ShellCalc\u00a9 with some new features Ability to set launch height below ground level (useful for firing in valleys) Ability to set shell burst diameter to override ShellCalc\u00a9 defaults ** NEW in v5.16 ** Ability to set &#8220;Standard&#8221; Shell Burst Height Shells now explicitly include Bombettes (for single shot &hellip;<br \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/?p=1443\" class=\"more-link pen_button pen_element_default pen_icon_arrow_double\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ShellCalc\u00a9 Version 5<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1443"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1658,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1443\/revisions\/1658"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.jpyro.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}