Exercises:

1. Select a wide-flange beam to support the 15-kip load as shown in figure. The allowable normal stress
for the steel used is 24 ksi.

2. A 12-ft-long overhanging timber beam AC with an 8-ft span AB is to be designed to support the
distributed and concentrated loads shown. Knowing that timber of 4-in. nominal width (3.5-in. actual
width) with a 1.75-ksi allowable stress is to be used, determine the minimum required depth h of the
beam.

3. A 5-m-long, simply supported steel beam AD is to carry the distributed and concentrated loads shown.
Knowing that the allowable normal stress for the grade of steel is 160 MPa, select the wide-flange
shape to be used.

4. Determine the largest permissible distributed load w for the beam shown, knowing that the allowable
normal stress is 180 MPa in tension and 2130 MPa in compression.

5. A uniformly distributed load of 66 kN/m is to be supported over the 6-m span shown. Knowing that
the allowable normal stress for the steel used is 140 MPa, determine (a) the smallest allowable length
l of beam CD if the W460 3 74 beam AB is not to be overstressed, (b) the most economical W shape
that can be used for beam CD. Neglect the weight of both beams.