Steel Properties
Steel Beam Design Function
Simple Span Beam Function (used in the analysis)
Find MoI
Steel Beam Design only
Steel Beam Design
Forces
Axial
Moment about x-axis
Moment about y-axis
Torque (about z-axis)
Bending moment shape modifier for axial - bending load
ASD Axial magafier coef.
Bending mmoent shape mod for LTB
Input Values
Length of Beam
Typical unbraced length (can overide below)
Unbraced lengths
(Use Lz for LTB)
Must Add Shear Design
Boundry/End conditions
Material
Yield strength
MOE
Safety Factors
Bending
Compression
Shear
Utilization Ratio
Compactness
Moment strength x-axis
Moment strength x-axis
Axial strength
Steel Beam Design and Analysis (simple span only)
Analyze simple span beam and design beam
Snow Load
Dead Load
Drift load
Input Values
Length of Beam
Loads - Applied in X-direction (stong axis)
Uniform Loads
Trib left / right
Live/Snow load
Self weight
Dead Load
Total load on beam
Uniform Load
Partial Loads
Trib width
Drift Loads
Drift load case
Max Drift load
Snow load slope
Length of drift
Varying Case
Drift on joist - Varying
At
Uniform Case (drift)
Nomenclature flows that found in "Beam Analysis spreadsheet" by Alex Tomanovich
Partial Loads
Enter wb in top row
Enter b in second row
Enter we in third row
Enter e in bottom row
Point Loads
Loads - Applied in X-direction (stong axis)
Axial Load
Unbraced length (can overide below)
Unbraced lengths
(Use Lz for LTB)
Boundry/End conditions
Material
Yield strength
MOE
Span Type
MoE
MoI
Numnber of points to divide beam
Steel Beam Design
Forces
Axial
Moment about x-axis
Moment about y-axis
Torque (about z-axis)
Bending moment shape modifier for axial - bending load
Must Add Shear Design
ASD Axial magafier coef.
Bending mmoent shape mod for LTB
Safety Factors
Bending
Compression
Shear
Moment strength x-axis
Moment strength x-axis
Axial strength
Utilization Ratio
Compactness
Deflection
Deflection ratio