Structural • Steel Microsoft Excel (.xlsx)
Steel Beam Design (Elastic)
Elastic section modulus design and shear check for a hot-rolled beam.
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What this workbook is
A real, downloadable Microsoft Excel workbook — not a rendered demo. Every sheet is built around a single engineering method: inputs in one place, calculated results and a PASS / WARN / FAIL check sheet, with the method, sources and assumptions recorded next to the numbers. Open it in Excel, Sheets or LibreOffice, change the inputs, and the workbook recalculates.
- Light cells are user-entered inputs on the Inputs sheet.
- Dark cells are calculated automatically and are not editable.
- The method and sources for every calculation are listed below and inside the workbook.
What you enter
- ✓Span & loads
- ✓fy (default S275/355)
- ✓Assume section ???
What it calculates
- ✓Required Z
- ✓Try section properties (user)
- ✓Bending & shear utilisation
Method
Mo = pyآ·Z (EN 1993-1-1 / BS 5950 elastic); shear د„ = Vآ·S/(Iآ·t) ≤ limit (properties user-supplied)
Sources
- [1] EN 1993-1-1 / BS 5950-1:2000 (elastic method, public equations)
Inside the workbook
CoverTitle, scope and revision block
SummaryCore inputs and headline results
InputsYour project values (light cells)
CalculationsStep-by-step working sheet (dark cells)
OutputsReadback of results for reporting
ChecksPASS / WARN / FAIL against stated limits
ReferenceSources for each calculation
Notes & AssumptionsScope, exclusions and stated limits