Inputs Beam Dimensions

Select Beam Cross

Section from Menu

Total Beam
Length (in)

b (in)

round_tube

24.0

3.500

h (in)
1.000

Buckling
Select Beam End Conditions
(using the same beam from the above
section)

Resulting K
value

One_Fixed_One_Free

2.00

Cantilever Beam
Select Beam Loading Conditions
(using the same beam from the above
section)

Point Load F
(lbs)

case_2

200.0
case 1

case 2

case 3

case 4

case 5

case 6

Material Properties Via:

*Note: The length L u

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Moment of Inertia
about Ixc (in^4)
Polar Moment of
Area (in^3)
Cross-Section Area
(in^2)
Weight (lb)
Yield Tensile
Strength
(lb)
Ultimate Tensile
Strength
(lb)
Shear
Strength
(lb)
(single
shear):
Torsional Strength
(in-lb)
Bending Moment
(in-lb)

Solid Rectangle
(or square)
0.292
3.865
3.500
23.86
126,000
210,000
84,000
76,441
21,000

Buckling Load End Conditions

(load applied to long axis)

K= 0.69

Buckling Load (lb)

Cantilever Beam Inputs:

Deflection:
y (in)
Angle
(deg)
Maximum Moment

(in-lb)

304,413

Force: F
(lbs)
1,000.0

Distributed Force: P
(psi)
0.0

Solid Rectangle
(or square)
#REF!

Maximum Force
(lbs)

#REF!

Properties data sources: http://www.azom.com/

http://www.speedymetals.com/
http://www.matweb.com/
875.0000
a
b
3,500.0000
c
7,000.0000
d
e
8,573.2141
f
34,292.8564
g
51,439.2846

User Input Variables are Red Bold

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Beam Material
t (in)

Select Beam
Material from
Menu

Ultimate Tensile
Strength
(psi)

0.216

A36

60,000

Beam Mechanical Propertie

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Moment of Inertia about Ixc (in^4)

Polar Moment of Area: J (in^3)
Cross-Section Area: A (in^2)
Weight: W (lb)
Yield Tensile Strength (lb)
Ultimate Tensile Strength (lb)
Transverse Shear Strength (single shear) (lb)
Torsional Strength (in-lb)
Bending Moment (in-lb)

Buckling Load Calculations

Buckling Load
(lbs)

3,149,016

ntilever Beam Calculations

Distributed Load
P (psi)
200.0

Deflection:
y (in)

Angle
(deg)

0.0000

0.0001

e: The length L used is the "total beam length" from cell D14

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Cross-Section of Beam

Hollow
Rectangle
(or square)
0.245

Solid Circle

2.451

14.732

1.757

9.621

11.98
63,266
105,443
31,633
48,477
17,627

65.58
346,361
577,268
259,770
303,066
151,533

7.366

K = 2.0 One end

fixed, one end free
K = 1.0 Both ends
pinned
K = 0.69 One end
fixed, one end
pinned
K = 0.50 Both ends
fixed

255,515

7,688,102

Cantilever Beam Equations

L
e
n
g
t
h
:
L

(r
e
f
fr
Distributed Force: P
o
(psi)
m
0.0
###
a
b
Hollow Rectangle
o
(or square) v
#REF!
e
)
(i
n
c
h
e
s)

Beam Condition
(A, B, C, D, E, F, G)
A

Solid Circle
#REF!

#REF!

#REF!

734.4469
2,937.7877
5,875.5753

6,313.8649
25,255.4597
50,510.9194

7,196.0808
28,784.3231
43,176.4847

61,862.9895
247,451.9579
371,177.9368

re Red Bold
Beam Material Properties
Yield Strength
(psi)

Shear Strength
(psi)

Density
(lb/in^3)

Youngs
Modulus
(psi)

36,000

36,000

0.284

29,000,000

eam Mechanical Properties

ent of Inertia about Ixc (in^4)

3.0172

Polar Moment of Area: J (in^3)

6.0343

Cross-Section Area: A (in^2)

2.2285

Weight: W (lb)
Yield Tensile Strength (lb)
Ultimate Tensile Strength (lb)

ar Strength (single shear) (lb)

Torsional Strength (in-lb)
Bending Moment (in-lb)

15.19
80,225
133,708
40,112
124,134
62,067

Maximum Moment
(in-lb)
1,200

from cell D14

ss-Section of Beam

Hollow Circle

angle

3.017

0.0462

6.034

1.192

2.228

0.925

15.19
80,225
133,708
40,112
124,134
62,067

6.31
33,312
55,521
Sorry, not available!
23,570
2,078

10

3,149,016

Equations

Hollow Circle
#REF!

48,221

#REF!

2,586.1342
10,344.5369
20,689.0738
25,338.8370
101,355.3481
152,033.0222

Modulus of
Rigidity
(psi)
11,500,000

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I beam
(normal
orientation)
0.285

1.829

2.567
17.50
92,424
154,041
4,417
36,180
20,549

3
4
5
6
7
8
9

297,871

H beam
(normal
orientation)
#REF!

#REF!

856.1939
3,424.7757
6,849.5514
8,388.9529
33,555.8118
50,333.7177

1 rectangle_bar
3 rectangle_tube
5 round_bar
7 round_tube
11 i_beam
9 angle

angle_bar

0.000

angle_tube
0.000
1.000

convert thickness to b1 & b2

b1 (in)

h1 (in)

3.068

0.568

b2 (in)

h2 (in)

1.642

0.284

Solid Triangle

0.097

0.146

1.750
11.93
63,000

105,000
N/A
7,875
5,247

101,471

Solid Triangle
#REF!

z
y
cy
cx
iyc

2.05
0.8
0.2
1.45
1.145
4

6061
2011
4140
A36
304
1144

TGP 1045

1018
*1018 cold rolled

Copper
*110

Cast Iron

Bronze
UHMW PE
PVC

Polycarbinat
e
ABS
PLA

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Tensile
Strength
(PSI)

Yield
Strength
(PSI)

Shear
Strength
(PSI)

Density lb/in

Youngs modulus

45,000

40,000

27,000

0.098

10,000,000

55,000

44,000

33,000

0.098

10,000,000

70,000

60,000

42,000

0.284

29,000,000

60,000

36,000

36,000

0.284

29,000,000

73,200

31,200

43,920

0.284

29,000,000

115,000

100,000

69,000

0.284

29,000,000

92,000

48,000

55,200

0.284

29,000,000

63,800

53,700

38,280

0.284

29,000,000

32,000

10,000

19,200

0.324

16,000,000

40,000

32,000

24,000

0.284

14,500,000

35,000

20,000

21,000

0.304

14,500,000

3,000

1,500

1,800

0.034

NA

6,000

3,000

3,600

0.050

490,000

9,000

4,500

5,400

0.046

NA

6,500

6,200

3,900

0.043

320,000

8,383

7,300

5,030

0.045

478,624

1
2
3
4

2 match

y
0

0
0
0

1 case_1
2 case_2
3 case_3
4 case_4
5 case_5
6 case_6

0.000439
2.742934219E-005
6.857335547E-006
0.0001645761
1.714333887E-005
0.0019749126

Modulus of Rigidity

3,800,000
3,800,000
11,500,000
11,500,000
10,900,000
10,900,000

10,900,000

10,900,000

6,500,000

5,900,000

6,500,000
NA
NA

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NA
152,290
350,000

1 matched
One_Fixed_One_Free
Both_Pinned

2.00
1.00

One_Fixed_One_Pinned

0.69

Both_Fixed

0.50

teta

Mmax

0.0006583042

4800

0.000082288
None
0.0002194347
5.485868437945E-005
None

1200
600
57600
14400
9600