The process used to determine the adequacy of a wood, steel, or even a concrete beam is essentially the same. Once a jet is selected, the procedure is as follows:

Determine loads

Calculate the voltage

Check the allowable stresses against the actual charges.

Determine loads

The first step in the structural analysis of a beam is to determine the quantity of goods, or the weight of the beam is supported. There are two major groups ofLoads:

Live Loads – A live load is a type of stress that are temporarily placed on a structure (ie loads from snow, wind, vehicles, etc.). The size of the payload will be defined by reference or local building code.

Dead loads – are loads permanently connected to a structure (ie loads of construction materials, furniture, etc.). Sometimes the weights of the materials are well known and can be added to determine the total net weight. In most cases, the weight is takenand as an approximate weight.

The calculation of stresses

There are two types of loads that are typically charged when a breadth of design: the stress of bending and shear. A more general definition of both bending and shear stress can be found here. To calculate the bending and shear, it is necessary first to calculate the maximum bending moment and maximum shear that occurs in the beam.

The moment and maximum shear are the mostcan be established in different places, and has used the process to take will determine their value in a separate article. The other two pieces of information are needed to determine the level of voltage, resistance and the section of the beam is used. The strength and the section can be calculated, or in many cases it can be seen in tables (as in the National Design Specification (NDS) for wood beams, steel or AISC) Manual for steel beams. After allInformation has been tabulated the following equations used to determine the maximum nominal bending stress and nominal maximum shear stress:

Compare the actual stresses against allowable stresses

In most cases, the tensions are eligible in a drawing manual of some sort (as in the NDS for wood, steel or AISC Manual of Steel), summarized in a table. Once the allowable stresses found themselves in determining the appropriateness of a beam is simply a matter of comparing the actual stressallowable stresses. Thus, the beam is sufficient if the following conditions:

Emphasizes current allowable stresses Versus

Other considerations

An important consideration, is not described in this article, the deformation or deflection of the beam. A beam might be strong enough structurally, but may deviate so much that the actual results of the effects of the beam. The drop is a calculation is very important and will be addressed in a separate article.

AnotherExamination, if they involve any kind of beam design is that the use of software for structural design. There are several software packages for engineering beams, columns, or the design of foundation. StruCalc, Enercalc, laughter and BeamChek are some examples of structural software packages.