Jun 10, 2006 #1 facca Civil/Environmental Joined Mar 27, 2004 Messages 37 Location CA Can anybody recommend a decent beam analysis software? Thanks.
Jun 11, 2006 #2 jeg Civil/Environmental Joined Feb 22, 2002 Messages 54 Location GB http://www.masterseries.co.uk produce very user friendly software that suits all my structural needs Upvote 0 Downvote
Jun 11, 2006 #3 dik Structural Joined Apr 13, 2001 Messages 26,122 Location CA Depends on what you need: for simple continuous beams, a spreadsheet program by Yakov Polyakov linked to in the Engineering Spreadsheet forum is great. For something more involved check thread 507-157098. Dik Upvote 0 Downvote
Depends on what you need: for simple continuous beams, a spreadsheet program by Yakov Polyakov linked to in the Engineering Spreadsheet forum is great. For something more involved check thread 507-157098. Dik
Jun 11, 2006 #4 DaveVikingPE Structural Joined Aug 9, 2001 Messages 1,008 Location US Dr. Frame is really good: http://www.drsoftware.com. Mr. Polyakov's spreasheet is excellent as jeg mentioned above. Upvote 0 Downvote
Dr. Frame is really good: http://www.drsoftware.com. Mr. Polyakov's spreasheet is excellent as jeg mentioned above.
Jun 12, 2006 #5 rb1957 Aerospace Joined Apr 15, 2005 Messages 16,141 Location CA DaveVikingPE, could you check that link ? ... didn't work for me ... try this ... http://www.drsoftware-home.com/ Upvote 0 Downvote
DaveVikingPE, could you check that link ? ... didn't work for me ... try this ... http://www.drsoftware-home.com/
Jun 12, 2006 #6 MiketheEngineer Structural Joined Sep 7, 2005 Messages 4,654 Location US For wood and Steel - BeamChek - http://www.beamchek.com. Probably the easiest to use but steel beams must be braced at Lc For pure steel with multiple spans and loading conditons and bracing - try "Beams" by Archon Engineering http://www.archoneng.com Both are inexpensive and easy to use... Upvote 0 Downvote
For wood and Steel - BeamChek - http://www.beamchek.com. Probably the easiest to use but steel beams must be braced at Lc For pure steel with multiple spans and loading conditons and bracing - try "Beams" by Archon Engineering http://www.archoneng.com Both are inexpensive and easy to use...
Jun 13, 2006 #7 mrMikee Structural Joined Apr 23, 2005 Messages 528 Location US There may be something of interest here.. thread507-145509 -Mike Upvote 0 Downvote
Jun 13, 2006 #8 structural01 Structural Joined Jul 15, 2004 Messages 51 Location US You might want to check out http://www.buildabout.com. There are some spreadsheets you might be able to download for free. Upvote 0 Downvote
You might want to check out http://www.buildabout.com. There are some spreadsheets you might be able to download for free.