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For a simply supported beam in a single span, the maximum displacement w_max and the maximum normal stress stress_max occur at the center of the beam.
The tabulated data listed in this page are calculated based on the area moment of inertia (Ixx = 448 in4) for the W16 × 36 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
L = 125 ft
   
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 3.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 4.81 × 10-6 8.60
40.0 5.34 × 10-6 9.56
50.0 6.68 × 10-6 11.9
60.0 8.01 × 10-6 14.3
70.0 9.35 × 10-6 16.7
80.0 1.07 × 10-5 19.1
90.0 1.20 × 10-5 21.5
100 1.34 × 10-5 23.9
200 2.67 × 10-5 47.8
300 4.01 × 10-5 71.7
400 5.34 × 10-5 95.6
500 6.68 × 10-5 119
600 8.01 × 10-5 143
700 9.35 × 10-5 167
800 1.07 × 10-4 191
900 1.20 × 10-4 215
1000 1.34 × 10-4 239
2000 2.67 × 10-4 478
3000 4.01 × 10-4 717
4000 5.34 × 10-4 956
5000 6.68 × 10-4 1190
6000 8.01 × 10-4 1430
7000 9.35 × 10-4 1670
8000 0.00107 1910
9000 0.00120 2150
1.00 × 104 0.00134 2390
2.00 × 104 0.00267 4780
3.00 × 104 0.00401 7170
4.00 × 104 0.00534 9560
5.00 × 104 0.00668 1.19 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.00801 1.43 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.00935 1.67 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.0107 1.91 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.0120 2.15 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.0134 2.39 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.0267 4.78 × 104
3.00 × 105 0.0401 7.17 × 104
4.00 × 105 0.0534 9.56 × 104
5.00 × 105 0.0668 1.19 × 105
6.00 × 105 0.0801 1.43 × 105
7.00 × 105 0.0935 1.67 × 105
8.00 × 105 0.107 1.91 × 105
9.00 × 105 0.120 2.15 × 105
1.00 × 106 0.134 2.39 × 105
1.24 × 106 0.166 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 5.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 3.71 × 10-5 23.9
40.0 4.12 × 10-5 26.6
50.0 5.15 × 10-5 33.2
60.0 6.18 × 10-5 39.8
70.0 7.21 × 10-5 46.5
80.0 8.24 × 10-5 53.1
90.0 9.28 × 10-5 59.7
100 1.03 × 10-4 66.4
200 2.06 × 10-4 133
300 3.09 × 10-4 199
400 4.12 × 10-4 266
500 5.15 × 10-4 332
600 6.18 × 10-4 398
700 7.21 × 10-4 465
800 8.24 × 10-4 531
900 9.28 × 10-4 597
1000 0.00103 664
2000 0.00206 1330
3000 0.00309 1990
4000 0.00412 2660
5000 0.00515 3320
6000 0.00618 3980
7000 0.00721 4650
8000 0.00824 5310
9000 0.00928 5970
1.00 × 104 0.0103 6640
2.00 × 104 0.0206 1.33 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.0309 1.99 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.0412 2.66 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.0515 3.32 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.0618 3.98 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.0721 4.65 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.0824 5.31 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.0928 5.97 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.103 6.64 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.206 1.33 × 105
3.00 × 105 0.309 1.99 × 105
4.00 × 105 0.412 2.66 × 105
4.47 × 105 0.461 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 10.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 5.94 × 10-4 95.6
40.0 6.60 × 10-4 106
50.0 8.24 × 10-4 133
60.0 9.89 × 10-4 159
70.0 0.00115 186
80.0 0.00132 212
90.0 0.00148 239
100 0.00165 266
200 0.00330 531
300 0.00495 797
400 0.00660 1060
500 0.00824 1330
600 0.00989 1590
700 0.0115 1860
800 0.0132 2120
900 0.0148 2390
1000 0.0165 2660
2000 0.0330 5310
3000 0.0495 7970
4000 0.0660 1.06 × 104
5000 0.0824 1.33 × 104
6000 0.0989 1.59 × 104
7000 0.115 1.86 × 104
8000 0.132 2.12 × 104
9000 0.148 2.39 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.165 2.66 × 104
2.00 × 104 0.330 5.31 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.495 7.97 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.660 1.06 × 105
5.00 × 104 0.824 1.33 × 105
6.00 × 104 0.989 1.59 × 105
7.00 × 104 1.15 1.86 × 105
8.00 × 104 1.32 2.12 × 105
9.00 × 104 1.48 2.39 × 105
1.00 × 105 1.65 2.66 × 105
1.12 × 105 1.84 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 15.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.00301 215
40.0 0.00334 239
50.0 0.00417 299
60.0 0.00501 358
70.0 0.00584 418
80.0 0.00668 478
90.0 0.00751 538
100 0.00835 597
200 0.0167 1190
300 0.0250 1790
400 0.0334 2390
500 0.0417 2990
600 0.0501 3580
700 0.0584 4180
800 0.0668 4780
900 0.0751 5380
1000 0.0835 5970
2000 0.167 1.19 × 104
3000 0.250 1.79 × 104
4000 0.334 2.39 × 104
5000 0.417 2.99 × 104
6000 0.501 3.58 × 104
7000 0.584 4.18 × 104
8000 0.668 4.78 × 104
9000 0.751 5.38 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.835 5.97 × 104
2.00 × 104 1.67 1.19 × 105
3.00 × 104 2.50 1.79 × 105
4.00 × 104 3.34 2.39 × 105
4.97 × 104 4.15 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 20.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.00950 382
40.0 0.0106 425
50.0 0.0132 531
60.0 0.0158 637
70.0 0.0185 743
80.0 0.0211 850
90.0 0.0237 956
100 0.0264 1060
200 0.0528 2120
300 0.0791 3190
400 0.106 4250
500 0.132 5310
600 0.158 6370
700 0.185 7430
800 0.211 8500
900 0.237 9560
1000 0.264 1.06 × 104
2000 0.528 2.12 × 104
3000 0.791 3.19 × 104
4000 1.06 4.25 × 104
5000 1.32 5.31 × 104
6000 1.58 6.37 × 104
7000 1.85 7.43 × 104
8000 2.11 8.50 × 104
9000 2.37 9.56 × 104
1.00 × 104 2.64 1.06 × 105
2.00 × 104 5.28 2.12 × 105
2.80 × 104 7.38 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 25.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.0232 597
40.0 0.0258 664
50.0 0.0322 830
60.0 0.0386 996
70.0 0.0451 1160
80.0 0.0515 1330
90.0 0.0580 1490
100 0.0644 1660
200 0.129 3320
300 0.193 4980
400 0.258 6640
500 0.322 8300
600 0.386 9960
700 0.451 1.16 × 104
800 0.515 1.33 × 104
900 0.580 1.49 × 104
1000 0.644 1.66 × 104
2000 1.29 3.32 × 104
3000 1.93 4.98 × 104
4000 2.58 6.64 × 104
5000 3.22 8.30 × 104
6000 3.86 9.96 × 104
7000 4.51 1.16 × 105
8000 5.15 1.33 × 105
9000 5.80 1.49 × 105
1.00 × 104 6.44 1.66 × 105
1.79 × 104 11.5 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 30.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.0481 860
40.0 0.0534 956
50.0 0.0668 1190
60.0 0.0801 1430
70.0 0.0935 1670
80.0 0.107 1910
90.0 0.120 2150
100 0.134 2390
200 0.267 4780
300 0.401 7170
400 0.534 9560
500 0.668 1.19 × 104
600 0.801 1.43 × 104
700 0.935 1.67 × 104
800 1.07 1.91 × 104
900 1.20 2.15 × 104
1000 1.34 2.39 × 104
2000 2.67 4.78 × 104
3000 4.01 7.17 × 104
4000 5.34 9.56 × 104
5000 6.68 1.19 × 105
6000 8.01 1.43 × 105
7000 9.35 1.67 × 105
8000 10.7 1.91 × 105
9000 12.0 2.15 × 105
1.00 × 104 13.4 2.39 × 105
1.24 × 104 16.6 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 40.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.152 1530
40.0 0.169 1700
50.0 0.211 2120
60.0 0.253 2550
70.0 0.295 2970
80.0 0.338 3400
90.0 0.380 3820
100 0.422 4250
200 0.844 8500
300 1.27 1.27 × 104
400 1.69 1.70 × 104
500 2.11 2.12 × 104
600 2.53 2.55 × 104
700 2.95 2.97 × 104
800 3.38 3.40 × 104
900 3.80 3.82 × 104
1000 4.22 4.25 × 104
2000 8.44 8.50 × 104
3000 12.7 1.27 × 105
3760 15.9 1.60 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 50.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.371 2390
40.0 0.412 2660
50.0 0.515 3320
60.0 0.618 3980
70.0 0.721 4650
80.0 0.824 5310
90.0 0.928 5970
100 1.03 6640
200 2.06 1.33 × 104
300 3.09 1.99 × 104
400 4.12 2.66 × 104
500 5.15 3.32 × 104
600 6.18 3.98 × 104
700 7.21 4.65 × 104
800 8.24 5.31 × 104
900 9.28 5.97 × 104
1000 10.3 6.64 × 104
1540 15.9 1.02 × 105
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 60.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 0.769 3440
40.0 0.855 3820
50.0 1.07 4780
60.0 1.28 5740
70.0 1.50 6690
80.0 1.71 7650
90.0 1.92 8600
100 2.14 9560
200 4.27 1.91 × 104
300 6.41 2.87 × 104
400 8.55 3.82 × 104
500 10.7 4.78 × 104
600 12.8 5.74 × 104
700 15.0 6.69 × 104
742 15.9 7.09 × 104
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 70.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 1.43 4680
40.0 1.58 5200
50.0 1.98 6510
60.0 2.38 7810
70.0 2.77 9110
80.0 3.17 1.04 × 104
90.0 3.56 1.17 × 104
100 3.96 1.30 × 104
200 7.92 2.60 × 104
300 11.9 3.90 × 104
400 15.8 5.20 × 104
401 15.9 5.21 × 104
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 80.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 2.43 6120
40.0 2.70 6800
50.0 3.38 8500
60.0 4.05 1.02 × 104
70.0 4.73 1.19 × 104
80.0 5.40 1.36 × 104
90.0 6.08 1.53 × 104
100 6.75 1.70 × 104
200 13.5 3.40 × 104
235 15.9 3.99 × 104
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 90.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 3.89 7740
40.0 4.33 8600
50.0 5.41 1.08 × 104
60.0 6.49 1.29 × 104
70.0 7.57 1.51 × 104
80.0 8.65 1.72 × 104
90.0 9.74 1.94 × 104
100 10.8 2.15 × 104
147 15.9 3.15 × 104
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 100 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 5.94 9560
40.0 6.60 1.06 × 104
50.0 8.24 1.33 × 104
60.0 9.89 1.59 × 104
70.0 11.5 1.86 × 104
80.0 13.2 2.12 × 104
90.0 14.8 2.39 × 104
96.2 15.9 2.55 × 104
Steel I Beam: W16 × 36 (Wide Flange 16 inch tall × 36 lbf/ft)
L = 125 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
36.0 14.5 1.49 × 104
39.4 15.9 1.63 × 104
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