W Steel Beam Allowable Uniform Load

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W steel beam allowable uniform load.

36 or 50. W steel beams allowable uniform loads allowable uniform loads. Span of beam inches tributary width inches uniform load pounds square foot e g. At these measurements there is no allowable load for a beam with a span greater than 18 feet.

As the span increases the allowable uniform load drops. Yield strength of steel ksi e g. For example a beam with a designation of w8 x 10 and nominal size of 8 x 4 can take an allowable load of anywhere between 6 900 and 15 600 pounds depending on the span of the beam. Allowable uniform load lbs span ft 8.

Example beam with uniform load imperial units. Total load on beam. For full table rotate the screen. Nominal size designation depth x width x width lbs ft inches x inches w8 x 10 8x4 w8 x 13 8x4 w8 x 15 8x4 w8 x 18 8 x 5 1 2 w8 x 21 8 x 5 1 2 w8 x 24 8 x 6 1 2 w8 x 28 8 x 6 1 2 w10 x 22 10 x 5 3 4 w10 x 26 10 x 5 3 4 w10 x 30 10 x 5 3 4.

The maximum stress in a w 12 x 35 steel wide flange beam 100 inches long moment of inertia 285 in 4 modulus of elasticity 29000000 psi with uniform load 100 lb in can be calculated as. W flange beams and allowable uniform load. σ max y max q l 2 8 i 6 25 in 100 lb in 100 in 2 8 285 in 4 2741 lb in 2 psi the maximum deflection can be calculated as. Designation width x lbs ft nominal size depth x width inches x inches allowable uniform load lb span ft 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 24 26.