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For a simply supported beam in four equal spans, we compute the displacement at the middle of the first and fourth spans, and the maximum normal stress stress_max occuring at the second and fourth supports of the beam.
The tabulated data listed in this page are calculated based on the area moment of inertia (Ixx = 303 in4) for the W10 × 54 Wide Flange Steel I Beam and the typical Young's modulus (E = 3.046 × 107 psi) of steels. Note that the typical yielding stress Yield of steels can range from 1.015 × 104 to 2.970 × 105 psi. The purpose of this page is to give a rough estimation of the load-bearing capacity of this particular beam, rather than a guideline for designing actual building structures. Please check your local building codes for regulatory requirements.

Note: The weight of the beam itself is not included in the calculation.
L = 3 ft
L = 5 ft
L = 10 ft
L = 15 ft
L = 20 ft
L = 25 ft
L = 30 ft
L = 40 ft
L = 50 ft
L = 60 ft
L = 70 ft
L = 80 ft
L = 90 ft
L = 100 ft
   
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 3.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 5.16 × 10-6 10.4
60.0 5.73 × 10-6 11.6
70.0 6.69 × 10-6 13.5
80.0 7.64 × 10-6 15.4
90.0 8.60 × 10-6 17.3
100 9.55 × 10-6 19.3
200 1.91 × 10-5 38.5
300 2.87 × 10-5 57.8
400 3.82 × 10-5 77.0
500 4.78 × 10-5 96.3
600 5.73 × 10-5 116
700 6.69 × 10-5 135
800 7.64 × 10-5 154
900 8.60 × 10-5 173
1000 9.55 × 10-5 193
2000 1.91 × 10-4 385
3000 2.87 × 10-4 578
4000 3.82 × 10-4 770
5000 4.78 × 10-4 963
6000 5.73 × 10-4 1160
7000 6.69 × 10-4 1350
8000 7.64 × 10-4 1540
9000 8.60 × 10-4 1730
1.00 × 104 9.55 × 10-4 1930
2.00 × 104 0.00191 3850
3.00 × 104 0.00287 5780
4.00 × 104 0.00382 7700
5.00 × 104 0.00478 9630
6.00 × 104 0.00573 1.16 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.00669 1.35 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.00764 1.54 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.00860 1.73 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.00955 1.93 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.0191 3.85 × 104
3.00 × 105 0.0287 5.78 × 104
4.00 × 105 0.0382 7.70 × 104
5.00 × 105 0.0478 9.63 × 104
6.00 × 105 0.0573 1.16 × 105
7.00 × 105 0.0669 1.35 × 105
8.00 × 105 0.0764 1.54 × 105
9.00 × 105 0.0860 1.73 × 105
1.00 × 106 0.0955 1.93 × 105
1.54 × 106 0.147 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 5.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 3.98 × 10-5 28.9
60.0 4.42 × 10-5 32.1
70.0 5.16 × 10-5 37.4
80.0 5.90 × 10-5 42.8
90.0 6.64 × 10-5 48.1
100 7.37 × 10-5 53.5
200 1.47 × 10-4 107
300 2.21 × 10-4 160
400 2.95 × 10-4 214
500 3.69 × 10-4 267
600 4.42 × 10-4 321
700 5.16 × 10-4 374
800 5.90 × 10-4 428
900 6.64 × 10-4 481
1000 7.37 × 10-4 535
2000 0.00147 1070
3000 0.00221 1600
4000 0.00295 2140
5000 0.00369 2670
6000 0.00442 3210
7000 0.00516 3740
8000 0.00590 4280
9000 0.00664 4810
1.00 × 104 0.00737 5350
2.00 × 104 0.0147 1.07 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.0221 1.60 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.0295 2.14 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.0369 2.67 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.0442 3.21 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.0516 3.74 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.0590 4.28 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.0664 4.81 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.0737 5.35 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.147 1.07 × 105
3.00 × 105 0.221 1.60 × 105
4.00 × 105 0.295 2.14 × 105
5.00 × 105 0.369 2.67 × 105
5.55 × 105 0.409 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 10.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 6.37 × 10-4 116
60.0 7.08 × 10-4 128
70.0 8.26 × 10-4 150
80.0 9.44 × 10-4 171
90.0 0.00106 193
100 0.00118 214
200 0.00236 428
300 0.00354 642
400 0.00472 856
500 0.00590 1070
600 0.00708 1280
700 0.00826 1500
800 0.00944 1710
900 0.0106 1930
1000 0.0118 2140
2000 0.0236 4280
3000 0.0354 6420
4000 0.0472 8560
5000 0.0590 1.07 × 104
6000 0.0708 1.28 × 104
7000 0.0826 1.50 × 104
8000 0.0944 1.71 × 104
9000 0.106 1.93 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.118 2.14 × 104
2.00 × 104 0.236 4.28 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.354 6.42 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.472 8.56 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.590 1.07 × 105
6.00 × 104 0.708 1.28 × 105
7.00 × 104 0.826 1.50 × 105
8.00 × 104 0.944 1.71 × 105
9.00 × 104 1.06 1.93 × 105
1.00 × 105 1.18 2.14 × 105
1.39 × 105 1.64 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 15.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.00322 260
60.0 0.00358 289
70.0 0.00418 337
80.0 0.00478 385
90.0 0.00537 433
100 0.00597 481
200 0.0119 963
300 0.0179 1440
400 0.0239 1930
500 0.0299 2410
600 0.0358 2890
700 0.0418 3370
800 0.0478 3850
900 0.0537 4330
1000 0.0597 4810
2000 0.119 9630
3000 0.179 1.44 × 104
4000 0.239 1.93 × 104
5000 0.299 2.41 × 104
6000 0.358 2.89 × 104
7000 0.418 3.37 × 104
8000 0.478 3.85 × 104
9000 0.537 4.33 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.597 4.81 × 104
2.00 × 104 1.19 9.63 × 104
3.00 × 104 1.79 1.44 × 105
4.00 × 104 2.39 1.93 × 105
5.00 × 104 2.99 2.41 × 105
6.00 × 104 3.58 2.89 × 105
6.17 × 104 3.68 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 20.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.0102 462
60.0 0.0113 514
70.0 0.0132 599
80.0 0.0151 685
90.0 0.0170 770
100 0.0189 856
200 0.0377 1710
300 0.0566 2570
400 0.0755 3420
500 0.0944 4280
600 0.113 5140
700 0.132 5990
800 0.151 6850
900 0.170 7700
1000 0.189 8560
2000 0.377 1.71 × 104
3000 0.566 2.57 × 104
4000 0.755 3.42 × 104
5000 0.944 4.28 × 104
6000 1.13 5.14 × 104
7000 1.32 5.99 × 104
8000 1.51 6.85 × 104
9000 1.70 7.70 × 104
1.00 × 104 1.89 8.56 × 104
2.00 × 104 3.77 1.71 × 105
3.00 × 104 5.66 2.57 × 105
3.47 × 104 6.55 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 25.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.0249 722
60.0 0.0276 802
70.0 0.0323 936
80.0 0.0369 1070
90.0 0.0415 1200
100 0.0461 1340
200 0.0922 2670
300 0.138 4010
400 0.184 5350
500 0.230 6690
600 0.276 8020
700 0.323 9360
800 0.369 1.07 × 104
900 0.415 1.20 × 104
1000 0.461 1.34 × 104
2000 0.922 2.67 × 104
3000 1.38 4.01 × 104
4000 1.84 5.35 × 104
5000 2.30 6.69 × 104
6000 2.76 8.02 × 104
7000 3.23 9.36 × 104
8000 3.69 1.07 × 105
9000 4.15 1.20 × 105
1.00 × 104 4.61 1.34 × 105
2.00 × 104 9.22 2.67 × 105
2.22 × 104 10.2 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 30.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.0516 1040
60.0 0.0573 1160
70.0 0.0669 1350
80.0 0.0764 1540
90.0 0.0860 1730
100 0.0955 1930
200 0.191 3850
300 0.287 5780
400 0.382 7700
500 0.478 9630
600 0.573 1.16 × 104
700 0.669 1.35 × 104
800 0.764 1.54 × 104
900 0.860 1.73 × 104
1000 0.955 1.93 × 104
2000 1.91 3.85 × 104
3000 2.87 5.78 × 104
4000 3.82 7.70 × 104
5000 4.78 9.63 × 104
6000 5.73 1.16 × 105
7000 6.69 1.35 × 105
8000 7.64 1.54 × 105
9000 8.60 1.73 × 105
1.00 × 104 9.55 1.93 × 105
1.54 × 104 14.7 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 40.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.163 1850
60.0 0.181 2050
70.0 0.211 2400
80.0 0.242 2740
90.0 0.272 3080
100 0.302 3420
200 0.604 6850
300 0.906 1.03 × 104
400 1.21 1.37 × 104
500 1.51 1.71 × 104
600 1.81 2.05 × 104
700 2.11 2.40 × 104
800 2.42 2.74 × 104
900 2.72 3.08 × 104
1000 3.02 3.42 × 104
2000 6.04 6.85 × 104
3000 9.06 1.03 × 105
3340 10.1 1.14 × 105
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 50.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.398 2890
60.0 0.442 3210
70.0 0.516 3740
80.0 0.590 4280
90.0 0.664 4810
100 0.737 5350
200 1.47 1.07 × 104
300 2.21 1.60 × 104
400 2.95 2.14 × 104
500 3.69 2.67 × 104
600 4.42 3.21 × 104
700 5.16 3.74 × 104
800 5.90 4.28 × 104
900 6.64 4.81 × 104
1000 7.37 5.35 × 104
1370 10.1 7.32 × 104
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 60.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 0.826 4160
60.0 0.917 4620
70.0 1.07 5390
80.0 1.22 6160
90.0 1.38 6930
100 1.53 7700
200 3.06 1.54 × 104
300 4.59 2.31 × 104
400 6.12 3.08 × 104
500 7.64 3.85 × 104
600 9.17 4.62 × 104
660 10.1 5.08 × 104
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 70.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 1.53 5660
60.0 1.70 6290
70.0 1.98 7340
80.0 2.27 8390
90.0 2.55 9440
100 2.83 1.05 × 104
200 5.66 2.10 × 104
300 8.50 3.15 × 104
356 10.1 3.74 × 104
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 80.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 2.61 7400
60.0 2.90 8220
70.0 3.38 9590
80.0 3.87 1.10 × 104
90.0 4.35 1.23 × 104
100 4.83 1.37 × 104
200 9.66 2.74 × 104
209 10.1 2.86 × 104
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 90.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 4.18 9360
60.0 4.64 1.04 × 104
70.0 5.42 1.21 × 104
80.0 6.19 1.39 × 104
90.0 6.97 1.56 × 104
100 7.74 1.73 × 104
130 10.1 2.26 × 104
Steel I Beam: W10 × 54 (Wide Flange 10 inch tall × 54 lbf/ft)
L = 100 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
54.0 6.37 1.16 × 104
60.0 7.08 1.28 × 104
70.0 8.26 1.50 × 104
80.0 9.44 1.71 × 104
85.5 10.1 1.83 × 104
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