Beam Calcs

BEAM CALCULATION TEMPLATE (See notes in cell comments)

DATA ENTRY
Symbol Value Units
Case DEFLECTION RATIOS FOR
B=Rect. I=I-Beam Case B 133 0.5
9 110
Beam Geometry 12 100
Beam Depth d 10.00 inches 15 91
Flange thickness tf 0.00 inches 18 83
Flange width bf 1.00 inches 21 77
Web Thickness tw 0.00 inches 24 72
Web Height (calc) dw 10.00 inches 27 67
30 63
Material Properties 33 59
Modulus of Elasticity E 30,000,000 psi 36 56
Density density 515 lbs/ft3 39 53
Max Tension/Compression Stress sMax 18,000 psi 42 51
45 48
Loading Geometry 48 46
Beam Length L 40 ft
Beam Spacing s 24 in MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE
Point Load1 X coord. XP1 20 ft 22773 0.5
Point Load2 X coord. XP2 20 ft 9 26403
12 29494
15 32586
Live Loading 18 35677
Uniform Load w 60 lb/SF 21 38769
Point Load 1 P1 1000 lb 24 41861
Point Load 2 P2 1000 lb 27 44952
30 48044
Beam Unit Properties - Calculated 33 51135
Area As 10.00 in2 36 54227
Moment of Inertia I 83.33 in4 39 57319
Weight/Foot of Length WperL 35.76 lbs/linear-ft 42 60410
Section Modulus Z 16.67 in3 45 63502
48 66593
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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LECTION RATIOS FOR RECTANGULAR BEAMS

1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7
196 264 319 365 404 437 466 491 513 533 550 566 580
179 243 296 341 379 412 441 466 489 509 527 543 558
164 225 276 320 357 390 419 444 467 487 505 522 537
152 210 259 301 338 370 398 424 446 467 485 502 518
142 197 244 284 320 352 380 405 428 448 467 484 500
133 185 230 269 304 335 363 388 411 431 450 467 483
125 174 218 256 290 320 348 372 395 415 434 451 467
117 165 207 244 277 307 334 358 380 401 419 437 453
111 157 197 233 265 294 321 345 367 387 406 423 439
105 149 188 223 254 283 309 332 354 374 393 410 426
100 142 180 214 244 272 298 321 342 362 381 398 414
96 136 172 205 235 262 287 310 331 351 369 386 402
91 130 165 197 226 253 277 300 321 340 359 375 391
88 125 159 190 218 244 268 291 311 331 348 365 381

XIMUM ALLOWABLE STRESS FOR RECTANGULAR BEAMS

1 1.5 2 2.5 3 3.5 4 4.5 5 5.5 6 6.5 7
15044 11258 9365 8229 7472 6931 6525 6210 5957 5751 5579 5433 5308
16590 12288 10138 8847 7987 7373 6912 6553 6266 6032 5836 5671 5529
18136 13319 10911 9466 8502 7814 7298 6897 6576 6313 6094 5909 5750
19682 14350 11684 10084 9018 8256 7685 7240 6885 6594 6352 6146 5971
21227 15380 12456 10702 9533 8697 8071 7584 7194 6875 6609 6384 6192
22773 16411 13229 11321 10048 9139 8457 7927 7503 7156 6867 6622 6412
24319 17441 14002 11939 10563 9581 8844 8271 7812 7437 7124 6860 6633
25865 18472 14775 12557 11079 10022 9230 8614 8121 7718 7382 7098 6854
27410 19502 15548 13176 11594 10464 9617 8958 8431 7999 7640 7336 7075
28956 20533 16321 13794 12109 10906 10003 9301 8740 8280 7897 7573 7296
30502 21563 17094 14412 12624 11347 10390 9645 9049 8561 8155 7811 7516
32048 22594 17867 15030 13140 11789 10776 9988 9358 8842 8413 8049 7737
33594 23624 18640 15649 13655 12231 11163 10332 9667 9123 8670 8287 7958
35139 24655 19413 16267 14170 12672 11549 10675 9976 9404 8928 8525 8179

Allowable Stress is Less Than 18,000 psi and Deflection Ratio is Greater Than 360:1

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Allowable Stress is Greater Than 18,000 psi or Deflection Ratio is Less Than 360:1
Allowable Stress is Less Than 18,000 psi but Deflection Ratio is Less Than 360:1

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7.5 8
593 605
571 584
551 564
532 545
514 528
498 511
482 496
468 481
454 468
441 455
429 442
417 431
406 420
396 409

7.5 8
5200 5105
5406 5299
5612 5492
5818 5685
6024 5878
6231 6072
6437 6265
6643 6458
6849 6651
7055 6844
7261 7038
7467 7231
7673 7424
7879 7617

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