Wood Beam Analysis & Design

Module Summary

• Analyzes and designs individual sawn lumber, glulam, and manufactured wood beams
• Permits multi-span continuous beams
• Permits cantilevers to be modeled at one end or both ends
• Allows fixed or pinned support conditions
• Includes sawn lumber and glulam databases, and a growing list of databases for manufactured wood products
• Incorporates point loads, concentrated moments, full-length uniform loads, partial-length uniform loads, and trapezoidal loads
• Includes option to perform automatic unbalanced live load placement (skip-loading)
• Incorporates either ASD or LRFD design methodology
• Considers user-specified allowable total and live load deflection ratios
• Provides highly efficient results summaries as well as generous detail in the on-screen and printed results
• Provides sketch graphics to verify dimensions and load placement – including rich, 3D graphics that support zoom, pan, and many customizable view options. 
• Provides shear, moment and deflection diagrams for all load cases

Verification Calculations: Wood Beam