Area of the cross section is specific to the beam section selected and is defaulted to the values.
Wooden beam span calculator uk.
The properties of the beam and section are specified by typing directly into the input fields.
It can also be used as a beam load capacity calculator by using it as a bending stress or shear stress calculator.
This calculator matches up with 90 of the applications in the 2012 international residential code book.
Young s modulus is set to a default value of 200 000 mpa or 29000 ksi for structural steel but can be edited by the user.
Most interior beams need to include the roof load.
Also remember you can add results from beams together using the method of superposition.
The above steel beam span calculator is a versatile structural engineering tool used to calculate the bending moment in an aluminium wood or steel beam.
The beam calculator is a great tool to quickly validate forces in beams.
Length of beam is the total including all spans of the beam in mm or ft.
This means that some values are slightly more conservative than span tables from other sources if those do not include the amended guidance.
It has been my experience to never use a beam smaller than a two ply 2 x 8.
Our floor joist span tables are based on loadings given in the newer amended version of bs 6399 1.
Span tables for domestic floor joists to bs 5268 7 1 note.