CALCULATORS
CALC
REFERENCE
REF
CATALOGUES
CAT
ABOUT
ABOUT
SECTION
BEAM
BEAM-CHK
SDOF
RING
JOINT
STRESS
FATIGUE
WAVE
MANUAL
SIGN CONVENTIONS
CONSISTENT UNITS
DYNAMIC AMPLIFICATION
SDOF FACTORS
EUROPEAN IPE
EUROPEAN IPN
EUROPEAN HE
EUROPEAN HL
EUROPEAN HD
EUROPEAN HP
EUROPEAN UPE
EUROPEAN UPN
BRITISH UB
BRITISH RSJ
BRITISH UC
BRITISH UBP
BRITISH PFC
AMERICAN W
WELDED PG
WELDED PIPE
ABOUT
CONTACT
Beam Force, Moment and Deflection Calculator
DESCRIPTION
UNITS
Length
m
cm
mm
in
ft
Force
N
kN
MN
lbf
SECTION PROFILE
Table
USER DEFINED
AMERICAN W
BRITISH UB
BRITISH UC
EUROPEAN HE
EUROPEAN IPE
WELDED PG
WELDED PIPE
Section
I
BOX
PIPE
RECTANGULAR
CIRCULAR
CHANNEL
ANGLE
TEE
U
ASYM I
ASYM BOX
ASYM CHANNEL
ASYM U
h
b
t
f
t
w
r
h
b
1
t
f1
b
2
t
f2
t
w
h
b
t
f
t
w
h
b
t
f1
t
w1
t
f2
t
w2
d
t
h
b
d
(
h
b
t
f
t
w
h
b
t
f1
t
w
t
f2
h
b
t
f
t
w
h
b
t
f
t
w
h
b
t
f
t
w
h
b
t
f
t
w1
t
w2
MATERIAL
σ
y
Yield stress
for the material
E
Elastic modulus
for the material
ρ
Density
for the material
ν
Poisson's ratio
for the material
(Acceptable values are -1 ≤ ν ≤ 0.5)
-
GEOMETRY
Length
PIN
FIX
FREE
PIN
FIX
FREE
LOADS
PT,1.5,-100 PT,3,-100 DIST,0.5,4.5,100,0
Enter 1 load per line
Syntax for point loads:
PT
, POSITION
*
, MAGNITUDE
*
Syntax for distributed loads:
DIST
, POS
1
*
, POS
2
*
, MAG
1
*
, MAG
2
*
* POSITION: Measured from left
* MAGNITUDE: Positive is upward
