"BMREACT" --- ALLOWABLE STEEL BEAM END REACTION

Program Description:

"BMREACT" is a spreadsheet program written in MS-Excel for the purpose of determining the allowable beam
end reaction and the allowable end moment for the purpose of end connection design.

This program is a workbook consisting of two (2) worksheets, described as follows:

Worksheet Name Description

Doc This documentation sheet
Allow. Beam End Reaction Allowable beam end reaction and end moment

Program Assumptions and Limitations:

1. This program uses the database of member dimensions and section properties from the "AISC Shapes
Database", Version 3.0 (2001) as well as the AISC 9th Edition (ASD) Manual (1989).
2. The user may select from W, S, M, C, and MC shapes.
3. This program utilizes the procedure which a steel fabricator would typically use to determine end connection
design loads when end reaction values are not specified on the design and construction drawings by the
engineer. This procedure is based on the AISC 9th Edition (ASD) Manual (1989) Allowable Uniform Load
Tables on pages 2-36 to 2-140 and AISC Specification Chapter K, pages 5-80 and 5-81.
4. This program contains “comment boxes” which contain a wide variety of information including explanations
of input or output items, equations used, data tables, etc. (Note: presence of a “comment box” is denoted
by a “red triangle” in the upper right-hand corner of a cell. Merely move the mouse pointer to the desired
cell to view the contents of that particular "comment box".)
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BEAM REACTION ANALYSIS

Allowable End Reaction and End Moment for Connection Design
Using Allowable Uniform Load Tables per AISC 9th Edition Manual (ASD)
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Input Data: w(unif) =
Fv =
Beam Size: W(total) = w(unif.) * L w(unif)
Beam Size = W21x44 W(total) =
Design Parameters: Rv =
Beam Span, L = 20.000 ft. Allowable E
Does End of Beam Bear on Support? Yes W21x44 R1 =
Beam End Bearing Length, N = 3.500 in. L=20 R2 =
Beam Yield Stress, Fy = 50 ksi Rv Rv
Allow. End Reaction Based on Unif. Load R4 =
Member Properties: Rwy =
Beam: Rwc =
d = 20.700 in. R=
tw = 0.350 in. N+2.5*k W21x44 d=20.7
bf = 6.500 in. k=0.95 R(max) =
tf = 0.450 in. Maximum
k = 0.9500 in. R tf=0.45 M2(max) =
Sx = 81.60 in.^3 N M2(max)/M1(max) =
W40x362
Results: Allow. End Reaction Based on End Bearing W40x331
Allowable R
Allowable End Reaction Based on Either Uniform Load or Web Shear: Rwy =
Fbx = 33.00 ksi Fbx = 0.66*Fy (Allow. bending stress for full-laterally supported beam)
Rwc =
Mr = 224.40 ft-kips Mr = (Fbx*Sx)/12 (from AISC Design Selection Table p. 2-7 to 2-13) W40x321
M1(max) = 224.40 ft-kips M1(max) = w(unif)*L^2/8 = Mr W40x298
w(unif) = 4.49 kips/ft. w(unif) = 8*(Mr)/L^2 = 8*(Fbx*Sx/12)/L^2 W40x297
Fv = 20.00 ksi Fv = 0.40*Fy (Allowable web shear stress) W40x278
V = 144.90 kips V = Fv*Aw = Fv*(d*tw) (Allowable web shear) W40x277
W(total) = 89.76 kips W(total) = Minimum of: w(unif)*L or 2*V (AISC Table p. 2-36 to 2-131) W40x268
Rv = 44.88 kips Rv = Minimum of: W(total)/2 = w(unif)*L/2 or V (based on Mr or V) W40x264
W40x249
Allowable End Reaction Based on End Bearing Criteria for Beam: W40x244
R1 = 27.43 kips R1 = 82.5*k*tw (Constant for web yielding - AISC page 2-36) W40x235
R2 = 11.55 kips/in. R2 = 33.0*tw (Constant for web yielding - AISC page 2-36) W40x221
R3 = 33.34 kips R3 = 240*tw^(1.5)*tf^(0.5) (Constant for web crippling - AISC page 2-36)
W40x215
R4 = 3.32 kips/in. R4 = 721*tw^3/(tf*d) (Constant for web crippling - AISC page 2-36) W40x211
Rwy = 67.86 kips Rwy = R1+N*R2 (based on web yielding per AISC Eqn. K1-3, p. 5-81)W40x199
Rwc = 44.95 kips Rwc = R3+N*R4 (based on web crippling per AISC Eqn. K1-5, p. 5-81) W40x192
R= 44.95 kips R = Minimum of: Rwy or Rwc W40x183
W40x174
Maximum Allowable End Reaction for Connection Design: W40x167
R(max) = 44.88 kips R(max) = Minimum of: Rv or R W40x149
W36x848
Maximum Allowable End Moment for Connection Design Using Directly Welded Flanges: W36x798
M2(max) = 148.08 ft-kips M2(max) = (bf*tf)*(0.60*Fy)*(d-tf)/12 W36x720

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