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Glossary » Beams » Simply Supported » Uniformly Distributed Load » Four Equal Spans » Wide Flange Steel I Beam » W14 × 132
Wide Flange Steel I Beam | Single Span | Two Equal Spans | Three Equal Spans | Four Equal Spans

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 = 1530 in4) for the W14 × 132 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: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 3.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 2.50 × 10-6 7.31
200 3.78 × 10-6 11.1
300 5.68 × 10-6 16.6
400 7.57 × 10-6 22.2
500 9.46 × 10-6 27.7
600 1.14 × 10-5 33.2
700 1.32 × 10-5 38.8
800 1.51 × 10-5 44.3
900 1.70 × 10-5 49.9
1000 1.89 × 10-5 55.4
2000 3.78 × 10-5 111
3000 5.68 × 10-5 166
4000 7.57 × 10-5 222
5000 9.46 × 10-5 277
6000 1.14 × 10-4 332
7000 1.32 × 10-4 388
8000 1.51 × 10-4 443
9000 1.70 × 10-4 499
1.00 × 104 1.89 × 10-4 554
2.00 × 104 3.78 × 10-4 1110
3.00 × 104 5.68 × 10-4 1660
4.00 × 104 7.57 × 10-4 2220
5.00 × 104 9.46 × 10-4 2770
6.00 × 104 0.00114 3320
7.00 × 104 0.00132 3880
8.00 × 104 0.00151 4430
9.00 × 104 0.00170 4990
1.00 × 105 0.00189 5540
2.00 × 105 0.00378 1.11 × 104
3.00 × 105 0.00568 1.66 × 104
4.00 × 105 0.00757 2.22 × 104
5.00 × 105 0.00946 2.77 × 104
6.00 × 105 0.0114 3.32 × 104
7.00 × 105 0.0132 3.88 × 104
8.00 × 105 0.0151 4.43 × 104
9.00 × 105 0.0170 4.99 × 104
1.00 × 106 0.0189 5.54 × 104
2.00 × 106 0.0378 1.11 × 105
3.00 × 106 0.0568 1.66 × 105
4.00 × 106 0.0757 2.22 × 105
5.00 × 106 0.0946 2.77 × 105
5.36 × 106 0.101 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 5.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 1.93 × 10-5 20.3
200 2.92 × 10-5 30.8
300 4.38 × 10-5 46.2
400 5.84 × 10-5 61.6
500 7.30 × 10-5 77.0
600 8.76 × 10-5 92.4
700 1.02 × 10-4 108
800 1.17 × 10-4 123
900 1.31 × 10-4 139
1000 1.46 × 10-4 154
2000 2.92 × 10-4 308
3000 4.38 × 10-4 462
4000 5.84 × 10-4 616
5000 7.30 × 10-4 770
6000 8.76 × 10-4 924
7000 0.00102 1080
8000 0.00117 1230
9000 0.00131 1390
1.00 × 104 0.00146 1540
2.00 × 104 0.00292 3080
3.00 × 104 0.00438 4620
4.00 × 104 0.00584 6160
5.00 × 104 0.00730 7700
6.00 × 104 0.00876 9240
7.00 × 104 0.0102 1.08 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.0117 1.23 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.0131 1.39 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.0146 1.54 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.0292 3.08 × 104
3.00 × 105 0.0438 4.62 × 104
4.00 × 105 0.0584 6.16 × 104
5.00 × 105 0.0730 7.70 × 104
6.00 × 105 0.0876 9.24 × 104
7.00 × 105 0.102 1.08 × 105
8.00 × 105 0.117 1.23 × 105
9.00 × 105 0.131 1.39 × 105
1.00 × 106 0.146 1.54 × 105
1.93 × 106 0.282 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 10.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 3.08 × 10-4 81.3
200 4.67 × 10-4 123
300 7.01 × 10-4 185
400 9.34 × 10-4 246
500 0.00117 308
600 0.00140 369
700 0.00164 431
800 0.00187 493
900 0.00210 554
1000 0.00234 616
2000 0.00467 1230
3000 0.00701 1850
4000 0.00934 2460
5000 0.0117 3080
6000 0.0140 3690
7000 0.0164 4310
8000 0.0187 4930
9000 0.0210 5540
1.00 × 104 0.0234 6160
2.00 × 104 0.0467 1.23 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.0701 1.85 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.0934 2.46 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.117 3.08 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.140 3.69 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.164 4.31 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.187 4.93 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.210 5.54 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.234 6.16 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.467 1.23 × 105
3.00 × 105 0.701 1.85 × 105
4.00 × 105 0.934 2.46 × 105
4.82 × 105 1.13 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 15.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.00156 183
200 0.00237 277
300 0.00355 416
400 0.00473 554
500 0.00591 693
600 0.00710 831
700 0.00828 970
800 0.00946 1110
900 0.0106 1250
1000 0.0118 1390
2000 0.0237 2770
3000 0.0355 4160
4000 0.0473 5540
5000 0.0591 6930
6000 0.0710 8310
7000 0.0828 9700
8000 0.0946 1.11 × 104
9000 0.106 1.25 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.118 1.39 × 104
2.00 × 104 0.237 2.77 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.355 4.16 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.473 5.54 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.591 6.93 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.710 8.31 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.828 9.70 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.946 1.11 × 105
9.00 × 104 1.06 1.25 × 105
1.00 × 105 1.18 1.39 × 105
2.00 × 105 2.37 2.77 × 105
2.14 × 105 2.54 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 20.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.00493 325
200 0.00748 493
300 0.0112 739
400 0.0150 985
500 0.0187 1230
600 0.0224 1480
700 0.0262 1720
800 0.0299 1970
900 0.0336 2220
1000 0.0374 2460
2000 0.0748 4930
3000 0.112 7390
4000 0.150 9850
5000 0.187 1.23 × 104
6000 0.224 1.48 × 104
7000 0.262 1.72 × 104
8000 0.299 1.97 × 104
9000 0.336 2.22 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.374 2.46 × 104
2.00 × 104 0.748 4.93 × 104
3.00 × 104 1.12 7.39 × 104
4.00 × 104 1.50 9.85 × 104
5.00 × 104 1.87 1.23 × 105
6.00 × 104 2.24 1.48 × 105
7.00 × 104 2.62 1.72 × 105
8.00 × 104 2.99 1.97 × 105
9.00 × 104 3.36 2.22 × 105
1.00 × 105 3.74 2.46 × 105
1.21 × 105 4.51 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 25.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.0120 508
200 0.0183 770
300 0.0274 1150
400 0.0365 1540
500 0.0456 1920
600 0.0548 2310
700 0.0639 2690
800 0.0730 3080
900 0.0821 3460
1000 0.0913 3850
2000 0.183 7700
3000 0.274 1.15 × 104
4000 0.365 1.54 × 104
5000 0.456 1.92 × 104
6000 0.548 2.31 × 104
7000 0.639 2.69 × 104
8000 0.730 3.08 × 104
9000 0.821 3.46 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.913 3.85 × 104
2.00 × 104 1.83 7.70 × 104
3.00 × 104 2.74 1.15 × 105
4.00 × 104 3.65 1.54 × 105
5.00 × 104 4.56 1.92 × 105
6.00 × 104 5.48 2.31 × 105
7.00 × 104 6.39 2.69 × 105
7.72 × 104 7.04 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 30.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.0250 731
200 0.0378 1110
300 0.0568 1660
400 0.0757 2220
500 0.0946 2770
600 0.114 3320
700 0.132 3880
800 0.151 4430
900 0.170 4990
1000 0.189 5540
2000 0.378 1.11 × 104
3000 0.568 1.66 × 104
4000 0.757 2.22 × 104
5000 0.946 2.77 × 104
6000 1.14 3.32 × 104
7000 1.32 3.88 × 104
8000 1.51 4.43 × 104
9000 1.70 4.99 × 104
1.00 × 104 1.89 5.54 × 104
2.00 × 104 3.78 1.11 × 105
3.00 × 104 5.68 1.66 × 105
4.00 × 104 7.57 2.22 × 105
5.00 × 104 9.46 2.77 × 105
5.36 × 104 10.1 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 40.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.0789 1300
200 0.120 1970
300 0.179 2960
400 0.239 3940
500 0.299 4930
600 0.359 5910
700 0.419 6900
800 0.478 7880
900 0.538 8870
1000 0.598 9850
2000 1.20 1.97 × 104
3000 1.79 2.96 × 104
4000 2.39 3.94 × 104
5000 2.99 4.93 × 104
6000 3.59 5.91 × 104
7000 4.19 6.90 × 104
8000 4.78 7.88 × 104
9000 5.38 8.87 × 104
1.00 × 104 5.98 9.85 × 104
2.00 × 104 12.0 1.97 × 105
2.45 × 104 14.7 2.41 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 50.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.193 2030
200 0.292 3080
300 0.438 4620
400 0.584 6160
500 0.730 7700
600 0.876 9240
700 1.02 1.08 × 104
800 1.17 1.23 × 104
900 1.31 1.39 × 104
1000 1.46 1.54 × 104
2000 2.92 3.08 × 104
3000 4.38 4.62 × 104
4000 5.84 6.16 × 104
5000 7.30 7.70 × 104
6000 8.76 9.24 × 104
7000 10.2 1.08 × 105
8000 11.7 1.23 × 105
9000 13.1 1.39 × 105
1.00 × 104 14.6 1.54 × 105
1.93 × 104 28.2 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 60.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.400 2930
200 0.606 4430
300 0.908 6650
400 1.21 8870
500 1.51 1.11 × 104
600 1.82 1.33 × 104
700 2.12 1.55 × 104
800 2.42 1.77 × 104
900 2.72 1.99 × 104
1000 3.03 2.22 × 104
2000 6.06 4.43 × 104
3000 9.08 6.65 × 104
4000 12.1 8.87 × 104
4840 14.7 1.07 × 105
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 70.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 0.740 3980
200 1.12 6030
300 1.68 9050
400 2.24 1.21 × 104
500 2.80 1.51 × 104
600 3.37 1.81 × 104
700 3.93 2.11 × 104
800 4.49 2.41 × 104
900 5.05 2.72 × 104
1000 5.61 3.02 × 104
2000 11.2 6.03 × 104
2610 14.7 7.89 × 104
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 80.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 1.26 5200
200 1.91 7880
300 2.87 1.18 × 104
400 3.83 1.58 × 104
500 4.78 1.97 × 104
600 5.74 2.36 × 104
700 6.70 2.76 × 104
800 7.65 3.15 × 104
900 8.61 3.55 × 104
1000 9.57 3.94 × 104
1530 14.7 6.04 × 104
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 90.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 2.02 6580
200 3.07 9970
300 4.60 1.50 × 104
400 6.13 1.99 × 104
500 7.66 2.49 × 104
600 9.20 2.99 × 104
700 10.7 3.49 × 104
800 12.3 3.99 × 104
900 13.8 4.49 × 104
956 14.7 4.77 × 104
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 100 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 3.08 8130
200 4.67 1.23 × 104
300 7.01 1.85 × 104
400 9.34 2.46 × 104
500 11.7 3.08 × 104
600 14.0 3.69 × 104
628 14.7 3.86 × 104
Steel I Beam: W14 × 132 (Wide Flange 14 inch tall × 132 lbf/ft)
L = 125 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
132 7.53 1.27 × 104
200 11.4 1.92 × 104
257 14.7 2.47 × 104
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