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Wood Beam Design Base on NDS 2005

INPUT DATA & DESIGN SUMMARY

BEAM SECTION 6 x 12 No. 2, Douglas Fir-Larch
BEAM SPAN L1 = 12 ft
CANTILEVER L2 = 3 ft, (0 for no cantilever)

SLOPED DEAD LOADS wDL,1 = 0.35 kips / ft

wDL,2 = 0.25 kips / ft
PROJECTED LIVE LOADS wLL,1 = 0.14 kips / ft
wLL,2 = 0.2 kips / ft

CONCENTRATED LOADS P1 P2 P3
Dead (kips) 0.65 0.6 1.2
Live (kips) 0.26 0.4 1
Location from Left End (ft) 4 8 15

SLOPE 4 : 12 ( q = 18.43 0
)

DEFLECTION LIMIT OF LIVE LOAD

DLL = L / 360

Code Duration Factor, CD Condition

1 0.90 Dead Load
2 1.00 Occupancy Live Load
3 1.15 Snow Load
4 1.25 Construction Load
5 1.60 Wind/Earthquake Load
D
6 2.00 Impact Load
Choice => 4 Construction Load

Code Designation
1 Select Structural, Douglas Fir-Larch D
2 No. 1, Douglas Fir-Larch
3 No. 2, Douglas Fir-Larch #N/A
4 Select Structural, Southern Pine
5 No. 1, Southern Pine
6 No. 2, Southern Pine
Choice => 3

ANALYSIS
DETERMINE REACTIONS, MOMENTS & SHEARS

 w DL ,1    d
R 2  0.5   w LL ,1  L1   w DL ,2  w LL ,2   L1  0.5 L 2  L 2   P  8.34 kips X1 = 4.80 ft
 cos q   cos q  L1 L1 X2 = 5.20 ft
X3 = 2.00 ft
 w DL ,1  w 
R1    w LL ,1  L1   DL ,2  w LL ,2  L 2   P  R 2  3.27 kips
 cos q   cos q 
 w DL ,2 
Mmax = 9.1 ft-kips M Min  0.5   w LL ,2  L 22  P 3 L 2  8.7 ft-kips
Vmax =  cos q 
6.95 kips, at R2 left.

DETERMINE SECTION PROPERTIES AND DESIGN FACTORS

Lu = Max(X3 , L2 ) = 3.0 ft, (NDS 2005 Table 3.3.3)
6 x 12 Properties
b = #N/A in Fb = #N/A psi lE = #N/A ft, (Tab 3.3.3 footnote 1)
d = #N/A in Fv = #N/A psi, (NDS 97 CH included) RB = #N/A #N/A
A = #N/A in2 E' = #N/A ksi E'y = #N/A ksi
 (cont'd)
Sx = #N/A in3 Fb' = #N/A psi FbE = #N/A psi
I = #N/A in4 Fv' = #N/A psi Fb* = #N/A psi
E = Ex = #N/A ksi E'min = #N/A ksi F = FbE / Fb* = #N/A

CD CM Ct Ci CL CF CV Cc Cr
1.25 1.00 1.00 1.00 #N/A #N/A 1.00 1.00 1.00

CHECK BENDING AND SHEAR CAPACITIES

Cantilever: fb' = MMin / Sx = #N/A psi #N/A Fb =
'
#N/A psi #N/A
Middle Span: fb = MMax / Sx = #N/A psi #N/A Fb = #N/A psi #N/A

Shear: fv' = 1.5 VMax / A = #N/A psi #N/A Fv' #N/A

(neglected d offset conservatively)

CHECK DEFLECTION AT LIVE LOAD CONDITION

L = L1/ cos q = 12.65 ft, beam sloped span
PLL1 PLL2 PLL3
a or b, (ft) 8.43 4.22 3.16
P, (k) 0.25 0.38 0.95
w1 = wLL,1 cos2 q = 0.13 klf, perpendicular to beam
w2 = wLL,2 cos2 q = 0.18 klf, perpendicular to beam

 P 3a 32  L  a 3  w 2a 33  4 L  3a 3  
D End     cos q  #N/A #N/A
 3EI 24 EI 
#N/A 2 L2 / 360 = 0.20 in #N/A
 0.06415 Pb 2 2 4
 
1.5 5w1L
D Mid    L b   cos q  #N/A #N/A
 EIL 384 EI 
#N/A L1 / 360 = 0.40 in #N/A