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Beam math
I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some
preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? |
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On Fri, 3 Sep 2004 19:51:39 -0400, "William Pounds"
wrote: I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? Concentrating the loads near the ends of the basement beam reduces that beam's deflections. Brian W |
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Rich_on 4-Sep-2004, Brian Whatcott wrote:
I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? Concentrating the loads near the ends of the basement beam reduces that beam's deflections. Check the shear - it might be the limiting condition. Also even if the shear checks out, web stiffeners might be advisable. -- rich |
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rich wrote:
Rich_on 4-Sep-2004, Brian Whatcott wrote: I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? Concentrating the loads near the ends of the basement beam reduces that beam's deflections. Check the shear - it might be the limiting condition. Also even if the shear checks out, web stiffeners might be advisable. It is unlikley that shear or web stiffeners are required on a W10x30. -rob |
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I thought you'd say some thing like if you have one bottle of Jim Beam you
get a lot of friends and some work done. Two bottles, you get more friends and less work. -- Christopher A. Young Learn more about Jesus www.lds.org www.mormons.com "William Pounds" wrote in message ... I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? |
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"Rob Munach" wrote in message ... rich wrote: Rich_on 4-Sep-2004, Brian Whatcott wrote: I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? Concentrating the loads near the ends of the basement beam reduces that beam's deflections. Check the shear - it might be the limiting condition. Also even if the shear checks out, web stiffeners might be advisable. It is unlikley that shear or web stiffeners are required on a W10x30. -rob Thanks for the responses. Shear seems OK. According to the #s the beam is marginal in it's original configuration, although we've never experienced any significant bounce. My 1200 figure ((40L + 30L + 30D) *12) is probably 10% over code though. |
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William Pounds wrote:
"Rob Munach" wrote in message ... rich wrote: Rich_on 4-Sep-2004, Brian Whatcott wrote: I'm planning on removing a load bearing wall, so I've been doing some preliminary investigation. Don't worry I'll have an engineer when I can find one willing to do a small job. The wall in question is about 16' and is located on the main floor of a two story house. The basement has a 20' steel beam (W10x30) in the same location. I was concerned that placing the end post of the upstairs beam 4' from the end of the basement beam would stress the steel beam too much. So I plugged the numbers (1200 * 20 vs 1200 * 4 + 9600 + 9600) into a couple of beam programs and discovered that the deflection numbers actually decreased. I must be missing something here? Concentrating the loads near the ends of the basement beam reduces that beam's deflections. Check the shear - it might be the limiting condition. Also even if the shear checks out, web stiffeners might be advisable. It is unlikley that shear or web stiffeners are required on a W10x30. -rob Thanks for the responses. Shear seems OK. According to the #s the beam is marginal in it's original configuration, although we've never experienced any significant bounce. My 1200 figure ((40L + 30L + 30D) *12) is probably 10% over code though. Most residential beams rarely see much over the structure dead load. I think I read that the average occupancy live load in a house is 6 psf. Additionally, the more stories a beam carries, typically, the less it bounces due to damping from walls etc. -rob |
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