Beam Calcs

BEAM CALCULATION TEMPLATE (See notes in cell comments)

DATA ENTRY
Symbol Value Units
Case
B=Rect. I=I-Beam Case B

Beam Geometry
Beam Depth d 10.00 inches
Flange thickness tf 0.00 inches
Flange width bf 1.00 inches
Web Thickness tw 0.00 inches
Web Height (calc) dw 10.00 inches

Material Properties
Modulus of Elasticity E 30,000,000 psi
Density density 515 lbs/ft3
Max Tension/Compression Stress sMax 18,000 psi

Loading Geometry
Beam Length L 40 ft
Beam Spacing s 24 in
Point Load1 X coord. XP1 20 ft
Point Load2 X coord. XP2 20 ft

Live Loading
Uniform Load w 60 lb/SF
Point Load 1 P1 1000 lb
Point Load 2 P2 1000 lb

Beam Unit Properties - Calculated

Area As 10.00 in2
Moment of Inertia I 83.33 in4
Weight/Foot of Length WperL 35.76 lbs/linear-ft
Section Modulus Z 16.67 in3

Beam Total Properties

Beam Weight Wb 1,431 Lbs
Live Load Carried Wll 4,800 Lbs

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Total Load Carried Wt 6,231 Lbs

Total Load/Ft WtTot_Ft 156 Lbs/Ft

Moments
X Position Used x 9.34 ft
Moment UDL MxUDL 22,294 ft-lbs
Moment P1 MxP1 4,668 ft-lbs
Moment P2 MxP2 4,668 ft-lbs
Total Moment at X MXTot 379,552 In-lbs

Stress Calculation
Maximum Fiber Stress at X StX 22,773 psi
Less Than Allowable Check Trouble

Deflection Calculations
Deflection due to UDL yUDL 2.422 in
Deflection due to P1 yP1 0.598 in
Deflection due to P2 yP2 0.598 in
Deflection Total yTot 3.619 in

Deflection Ratio DefRatio 133 :1

Check Trouble

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DEFLECTION RATIOS FOR RECTANGULAR BEAMS

133 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
9 110 196 264 319 365 404 437
12 100 179 243 296 341 379 412
15 91 164 225 276 320 357 390
18 83 152 210 259 301 338 370
21 77 142 197 244 284 320 352
24 72 133 185 230 269 304 335
27 67 125 174 218 256 290 320
30 63 117 165 207 244 277 307
33 59 111 157 197 233 265 294
36 56 105 149 188 223 254 283
39 53 100 142 180 214 244 272
42 51 96 136 172 205 235 262
45 48 91 130 165 197 226 253
48 46 88 125 159 190 218 244

MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE STRESS FOR RECTANGULAR BEAMS

22773 0.5 1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5
9 26403 15044 11258 9365 8229 7472 6931
12 29494 16590 12288 10138 8847 7987 7373
15 32586 18136 13319 10911 9466 8502 7814
18 35677 19682 14350 11684 10084 9018 8256
21 38769 21227 15380 12456 10702 9533 8697
24 41861 22773 16411 13229 11321 10048 9139
27 44952 24319 17441 14002 11939 10563 9581
30 48044 25865 18472 14775 12557 11079 10022
33 51135 27410 19502 15548 13176 11594 10464
36 54227 28956 20533 16321 13794 12109 10906
39 57319 30502 21563 17094 14412 12624 11347
42 60410 32048 22594 17867 15030 13140 11789
45 63502 33594 23624 18640 15649 13655 12231
48 66593 35139 24655 19413 16267 14170 12672

##### Allowable Stress is Less Than 18,000 psi and Deflection R

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##### Allowable Stress is Greater Than 18,000 psi or Deflection

##### Allowable Stress is Less Than 18,000 psi but Deflection R

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4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8

466 491 513 533 550 566 580 593 605
441 466 489 509 527 543 558 571 584
419 444 467 487 505 522 537 551 564
398 424 446 467 485 502 518 532 545
380 405 428 448 467 484 500 514 528
363 388 411 431 450 467 483 498 511
348 372 395 415 434 451 467 482 496
334 358 380 401 419 437 453 468 481
321 345 367 387 406 423 439 454 468
309 332 354 374 393 410 426 441 455
298 321 342 362 381 398 414 429 442
287 310 331 351 369 386 402 417 431
277 300 321 340 359 375 391 406 420
268 291 311 331 348 365 381 396 409

4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7 7.5 8

6525 6210 5957 5751 5579 5433 5308 5200 5105
6912 6553 6266 6032 5836 5671 5529 5406 5299
7298 6897 6576 6313 6094 5909 5750 5612 5492
7685 7240 6885 6594 6352 6146 5971 5818 5685
8071 7584 7194 6875 6609 6384 6192 6024 5878
8457 7927 7503 7156 6867 6622 6412 6231 6072
8844 8271 7812 7437 7124 6860 6633 6437 6265
9230 8614 8121 7718 7382 7098 6854 6643 6458
9617 8958 8431 7999 7640 7336 7075 6849 6651
10003 9301 8740 8280 7897 7573 7296 7055 6844
10390 9645 9049 8561 8155 7811 7516 7261 7038
10776 9988 9358 8842 8413 8049 7737 7467 7231
11163 10332 9667 9123 8670 8287 7958 7673 7424
11549 10675 9976 9404 8928 8525 8179 7879 7617

0 psi and Deflection Ratio is Greater Than 360:1

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000 psi or Deflection Ratio is Less Than 360:1

0 psi but Deflection Ratio is Less Than 360:1

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