The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite is an easy to use suite of design tools for the design of castellated beams. The suite includes separate spreadsheets for the design of standard sized castellated beam sections in accordance with BS EN 1992. The suite also includes separate spreadsheets for the design of non-standard sized castellated beams in accordance with BS EN 1992 or AISC standards. Each spreadsheet includes a unique tool showing the user exactly which castellated beam sections are both valid and economical, saving hours of iterative calculations to determine the most optimal castellated beam section for any design conditions.
Together this suite of spreadsheets can be used to design any standard or non-standard castellated beam sections to Eurocode or AISC standards. The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite can be purchased for only £19.99.
Alternatively the CivilWeb Steel Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite includes castellated beam sections along with all other I and Tee shaped beam sections. This powerful suite of spreadsheets can be used to design any steel beam and is available to purchase for only £29.99.
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Castellated Beam Design
Castellated beams consist of standard sized I shaped beams which are then cut in a zig-zag pattern and rearranged to form a deeper beam with diamond or hexagon shaped holes through the web. In some cases such as where a beam is required to resist large bending moments, this arrangement can provide a more economical beam by creating a deeper beam and removing steel from the web where it is not required.
Castellated beams have been in use for more than 50 years and continue to be used regularly today. Castellated beams are very well suited to beams subject to high bending moments. The process of cutting the I shaped beam apart and welding back together to create a deeper beam increases the bending resistance of the section without adding any additional steel material or any corresponding weight. This allows the castellated beam to achieve a very high strength to weight ratio at an economical cost.
The holes in castellated beams also make it easy to install electrical, water and other services which are able to pass through the beam without installing new holes and weakening the section.
CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet
The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet includes all the tools required for the design of standard castellated beam sections made from I beams or RSJ beams. The suite includes the following spreadsheets;
- Bending, Shear and Bearing on Web Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
- Bending, Shear and Lateral Torsional Buckling Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
- Biaxial Bending and Shear Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
- Biaxial Bending, Shear and Bearing on Web Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
- Biaxial Bending, Shear and Lateral Torsional Buckling Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
All the Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheets include a unique section picker tool which shows the designer exactly which castellated beam sections are suitable for the design conditions. The tool also then sorts the sections by weight, allowing the designer to see at a glance exactly which section is most economical for each steel grade. This will save the designer many hours of repeating detailed calculations for different sections to see which are best suited and most economical.
CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite
The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite is an easy to use collection of spreadsheets for the design of standard castellated beam sections to BS EN 1992. The spreadsheet suite includes 5 different types of analysis for castellated beams made from UC, UB and from RSJ sections. The spreadsheet includes all castellated sections included in BS4.
Buy the CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite now for only £19.99.
Or why not buy our best value bundle, the full CivilWeb Steel Design Suite which includes all of our steel design spreadsheets for only £49.99, a saving of 66%.
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