Beam Total Maximum Uniform Load & Reaction: ONLINE CALCULATOR

Designing a simple beam shear connection is easy and quite simple, of course. All that an engineer needs to do is to determine the beam end reaction and then simply design the connection. That's it. Magic!

However, the beam end reaction is not always available on some design drawings provided by some 'unruly' clients. Oftentimes, as a result, we get frustrated over a generic design note on a design drawing which says: design beam shear connections using half the capacity of beam. Determining half the beam capacity, which is simply equal to the beam reaction, really takes some time. As always, we are referred to Table 3-6 of the AISC Steel Construction Manual. There, we look for the value of the maximum total uniform load that corresponds to a given beam span. Interpolation or extrapolation is the name of this boring task.

If you hate going through Table 3-6 of AISC Steel Construction Manual and also hate doing the cumbersome interpolation in calculating beam end reaction, this one engineering tool is for you.

BEAM TOTAL MAXIMUM UNIFORM LOAD & REACTION CALCULATOR

BEAM DESIGN DATA			BEAM SIZE: W44x335
Shape Category	W-ShapeM-ShapeHP-ShapeS-ShapeC-ShapeMC-Shape
Beam Size	W44x335W44x290W44x262W44x230W40x593W40x503W40x431W40x397W40x372W40x362W40x324W40x297W40x277W40x249W40x215W40x199W40x392W40x331W40x327W40x294W40x278W40x264W40x235W40x211W40x183W40x167W40x149W36x800W36x652W36x529W36x487W36x441W36x395W36x361W36x330W36x302W36x282W36x262W36x247W36x231W36x256W36x232W36x210W36x194W36x182W36x170W36x160W36x150W36x135W33x387W33x354W33x318W33x291W33x263W33x241W33x221W33x201W33x169W33x152W33x141W33x130W33x118W30x391W30x357W30x326W30x292W30x261W30x235W30x211W30x191W30x173W30x148W30x132W30x124W30x116W30x108W30x99W30x90W27x539W27x368W27x336W27x307W27x281W27x258W27x235W27x217W27x194W27x178W27x161W27x146W27x129W27x114W27x102W27x94W27x84W24x370W24x335W24x306W24x279W24x250W24x229W24x207W24x192W24x176W24x162W24x146W24x131W24x117W24x104W24x103W24x94W24x84W24x76W24x68W24x62W24x55W21x201W21x182W21x166W21x147W21x132W21x122W21x111W21x101W21x93W21x83W21x73W21x68W21x62W21x55W21x48W21x57W21x50W21x44W18x311W18x283W18x258W18x234W18x211W18x192W18x175W18x158W18x143W18x130W18x119W18x106W18x97W18x86W18x76W18x71W18x65W18x60W18x55W18x50W18x46W18x40W18x35W16x100W16x89W16x77W16x67W16x57W16x50W16x45W16x40W16x36W16x31W16x26W14x730W14x665W14x605W14x550W14x500W14x455W14x426W14x398W14x370W14x342W14x311W14x283W14x257W14x233W14x211W14x193W14x176W14x159W14x145W14x132W14x120W14x109W14x99W14x90W14x82W14x74W14x68W14x61W14x53W14x48W14x43W14x38W14x34W14x30W14x26W14x22W12x336W12x305W12x279W12x252W12x230W12x210W12x190W12x170W12x152W12x136W12x120W12x106W12x96W12x87W12x79W12x72W12x65W12x58W12x53W12x50W12x45W12x40W12x35W12x30W12x26W12x22W12x19W12x16W12x14W10x112W10x100W10x88W10x77W10x68W10x60W10x54W10x49W10x45W10x39W10x33W10x30W10x26W10x22W10x19W10x17W10x15W10x12W8x67W8x58W8x48W8x40W8x35W8x31W8x28W8x24W8x21W8x18W8x15W8x13W8x10W6x25W6x20W6x15W6x16W6x12W6x9W6x8.5W5x19W5x16W4x13
Design Code	AISC 9th EditionAISC 13th Edition
Design Method	ASD Method
Fy	50 Ksi36 Ksi
CR			Symbol Value Unit Description W 335 lbf/ft Nominal Weight A 98.5 in2 Cross-sectional Area d 44 in Overall Depth of Member bf 15.9 in Flange Width tw 1.03 in Web Thickness tf 1.77 in Flange Thickness kdes 2.56 in Design distance from outer face of flange to web toe of fillet kdet 2.625 in Detailing distance from outer face of flange to web toe of fillet T 38.75 in Detailing Distance between web toes of the fillets k1 1.3125 in Detailing distance from center of web to flange toe of fillet bf_2tf 4.5 Slenderness Ratio h_tw 38 Slenderness Ratio Ix 31100 in4 Moment of Inertia about x-axis Zx 1620 in3 Plastic Section Modulus about x-axis Sx 1410 in3 Elastic Section Modulus about x-axis rx 17.8 in Radius of Gyration about x-axis Iy 1200 in4 Moment of Inertia about y-axis Zy 236 in3 Plastic Section Modulus about y-axis Sy 150 in3 Elastic Section Modulus about y-axis ry 3.49 in Radius of Gyration about x-axis J 74.7 in4 Torsional Moment of Inertia cw 535000 in6 Warping Constant wno 168 in2 Normalized Warping Function constant Sw 1180 in4 Warping Statical Moment Qf 278 in3 Statical Moment at Point in Flange Qw 805 in3 Statical moment for a point at mid-depth of the cross section
LB
RESULTS:
LS_F	17'-1 87/256"
uw	0	Kip/ft
Ra	0	Kip

Parameter/Variable Descriptions:

Fy	Yield Strength of Steel		LS_F	'Shear - Flexural' Yielding Boundary
CR	Reaction Magnification Factor in Percent (Composite Beam)		uw	Maximum Total Uniform Load
LB	Beam Span		Ra	Maximum Beam End Reaction

Notes:

• L_{S_F} is the span of beam that corresponds to 'Shear - Flexural' Yielding boundary. Shear Yielding governs below this span. Flexural Yielding governs above this span.


• Input for the length of beam, L_B, can be accomplished in several ways. Input can be either in decimal or imperial/architectural format. If you enter, for example, 144.5 or 144.5", the number is automatically converted to 1'- 1/2". If you enter 144.5', the number is converted to 144'-6". A number without a trailing apostrophe or quotation mark is read in inches.
  
  You may also enter a number in imperial (FIS) format containing fraction and decimal. For example, if you enter 1.5'-1 1/2", the number is converted to 1'-7 1/2". If you enter 1.5'-1.5", the number is also converted to 1'-7 1/2".
  
  Unrecognized input format, however, is automatically interpreted and converted to ZERO.