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Deflection - Simple Beam - Uniformly Distributed Load:

Calculation:

Designer/Checker:

Input:

Metric Units

(Note: All input Metric units are converted to English units for the equations below and then the output English units are converted back to Metric)

AISC Steel Design Manual, Table 3-23:

The following is for calculating the maximum deflection on a simple beam with a uniformly distributed load.

Length of span (l - ft or m)

Uniformly distributed load (w - lb/ft or N/m)

Enter Moment of Inertia of beam (I - in^4 or mm^4)

Enter the Moment of Elasticity (E - psi or kPa)*

*For Steel E = 29000000 psi (199947953 kPa)

Output:

dmax =