Beamer
Civil Engineering Software
by GaryArgraves@gmail.com
INPUT DATA
BEAM CALCULATOR By: Gary Argraves - 8712.03 Page 1 I N P U T D A T A NO DATE FUNC. ================================================== :: W16x36 Beam over garage for House on Great Quarter Road, Newtown CT 3 CASE 1=Fix-Fix 2=Pin-Fix 3=Pin-Pin 4=Pin-Pin-Pin 2-Cantilever 22 L Beam Length Over All (feet) 000 D Distance to Intermediate Support from Left End of Beam (feet) 30e6 E Modulus of Elasticity Steel=30.0E6 psi Wood=1.76E6 448 I Moment of Inertia (in^4) used in deflexsion computations 56.5 S Section Modulus (in^3) 1.00 t Tabulation Interval (feet) Output is in tabulated form 0 22 1.100 A =Distance to Load from Left, C =Load Length, Q =Load Intensity 0 0 0.000 NEXT Loading (Q units are Kips/ft.) repeat for all loads; END of Loading (must be here) Y Make Plot Y or N; Using 96 dpi for Video monitor; Printers are 300 dpi,600 or higher 10 Length scale factor 100 Moment/shear scale factor 10 Loading scale factor Case 1. Fixed-Fixed Case 2. Pinned-Fixed ||<--A--><--C--> || <--A--><--C--> || || #######-Q || #######-Q || ||=================|| =================|| || || <--D-->^ || ||<-------L------->|| <-------L------->|| Case 3. Pinned-Pinned Case 4. Pin-Pin-Pin <--A--><--C--> <--A--><--C--> #######-Q #######-Q ================= ================= <--D-->^ ^ ^<--D-->^ ^ <-------L-------> <-------L-------> Case 2. Cantilever (D=L) Variable Explanation ----------------------------- <--A--><--C--> || L = Over All Length (feet) #######-Q || D = Distance to Support =================|| A = Distance to Start of Load <-------D------->|| C = Length of Load <-------L------->|| Q = Load Intensity (kips/ft.) For Concentrated Loads: Set C = 0.1' or 0.01' and Increase Q accordingly by a factor of 10 or 100 W16x36 Live Load=50 psf + Dead Load=20 psf = 70 psf x 16'= 1120 p/f say 1100 :: END OF INPUT