Beam Design Features Multiple, Complex Loads Sizes, Grades, Species Steel Beams Columns Selection Form Beam Report Data Record Printing and Storage Multiple, Complex Loads Calculate either simple span beams or beams overhanging a support at one end. Up to a dozen live and total loads may be entered for a single beam including six point loads, five partial uniform loads, and a uniform load. You may also size hips and valleys with a uniform increasing load plus a normal uniform load. Custom grades and species may be evaluated for most species with user entered values. Values may be saved to disk for repeated use.
Analysis includes web yielding and crippling with minimum bearing area in lieu of web stiffeners.
The Selection Form BeamChek quickly calculates hundreds of beam possibilities filtering out all but the most appropriate sizes and presents them in an easy to compare table that includes two grades in two species groups and glu-lams too. The easy to read, organized report lets you readily determine if a beam is adequate without scrutinizing the numbers. The percentages compare critical to actual attributes of your selected member. The dead load deflection can be reviewed for its impact on the beam's appearance in the project. Maximum moment, shear, and reduced shear.