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Glossary » Beams » Simply Supported » Uniformly Distributed Load » Single Span » S Section Steel I Beam » S10 × 25.4
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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 = 124 in4) for the S10 × 25.4 S Section 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
  
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 3.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 1.23 × 10-5 13.8
30.0 1.45 × 10-5 16.3
40.0 1.93 × 10-5 21.8
50.0 2.41 × 10-5 27.2
60.0 2.90 × 10-5 32.7
70.0 3.38 × 10-5 38.1
80.0 3.86 × 10-5 43.5
90.0 4.34 × 10-5 49.0
100 4.83 × 10-5 54.4
200 9.65 × 10-5 109
300 1.45 × 10-4 163
400 1.93 × 10-4 218
500 2.41 × 10-4 272
600 2.90 × 10-4 327
700 3.38 × 10-4 381
800 3.86 × 10-4 435
900 4.34 × 10-4 490
1000 4.83 × 10-4 544
2000 9.65 × 10-4 1090
3000 0.00145 1630
4000 0.00193 2180
5000 0.00241 2720
6000 0.00290 3270
7000 0.00338 3810
8000 0.00386 4350
9000 0.00434 4900
1.00 × 104 0.00483 5440
2.00 × 104 0.00965 1.09 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.0145 1.63 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.0193 2.18 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.0241 2.72 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.0290 3.27 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.0338 3.81 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.0386 4.35 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.0434 4.90 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.0483 5.44 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.0965 1.09 × 105
3.00 × 105 0.145 1.63 × 105
4.00 × 105 0.193 2.18 × 105
5.00 × 105 0.241 2.72 × 105
5.46 × 105 0.263 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 5.00 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 9.46 × 10-5 38.4
30.0 1.12 × 10-4 45.4
40.0 1.49 × 10-4 60.5
50.0 1.86 × 10-4 75.6
60.0 2.23 × 10-4 90.7
70.0 2.61 × 10-4 106
80.0 2.98 × 10-4 121
90.0 3.35 × 10-4 136
100 3.72 × 10-4 151
200 7.45 × 10-4 302
300 0.00112 454
400 0.00149 605
500 0.00186 756
600 0.00223 907
700 0.00261 1060
800 0.00298 1210
900 0.00335 1360
1000 0.00372 1510
2000 0.00745 3020
3000 0.0112 4540
4000 0.0149 6050
5000 0.0186 7560
6000 0.0223 9070
7000 0.0261 1.06 × 104
8000 0.0298 1.21 × 104
9000 0.0335 1.36 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.0372 1.51 × 104
2.00 × 104 0.0745 3.02 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.112 4.54 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.149 6.05 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.186 7.56 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.223 9.07 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.261 1.06 × 105
8.00 × 104 0.298 1.21 × 105
9.00 × 104 0.335 1.36 × 105
1.00 × 105 0.372 1.51 × 105
1.96 × 105 0.731 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 10.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.00151 154
30.0 0.00179 181
40.0 0.00238 242
50.0 0.00298 302
60.0 0.00357 363
70.0 0.00417 423
80.0 0.00477 484
90.0 0.00536 544
100 0.00596 605
200 0.0119 1210
300 0.0179 1810
400 0.0238 2420
500 0.0298 3020
600 0.0357 3630
700 0.0417 4230
800 0.0477 4840
900 0.0536 5440
1000 0.0596 6050
2000 0.119 1.21 × 104
3000 0.179 1.81 × 104
4000 0.238 2.42 × 104
5000 0.298 3.02 × 104
6000 0.357 3.63 × 104
7000 0.417 4.23 × 104
8000 0.477 4.84 × 104
9000 0.536 5.44 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.596 6.05 × 104
2.00 × 104 1.19 1.21 × 105
3.00 × 104 1.79 1.81 × 105
4.00 × 104 2.38 2.42 × 105
4.91 × 104 2.93 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 15.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.00766 346
30.0 0.00905 408
40.0 0.0121 544
50.0 0.0151 680
60.0 0.0181 817
70.0 0.0211 953
80.0 0.0241 1090
90.0 0.0271 1220
100 0.0302 1360
200 0.0603 2720
300 0.0905 4080
400 0.121 5440
500 0.151 6800
600 0.181 8170
700 0.211 9530
800 0.241 1.09 × 104
900 0.271 1.22 × 104
1000 0.302 1.36 × 104
2000 0.603 2.72 × 104
3000 0.905 4.08 × 104
4000 1.21 5.44 × 104
5000 1.51 6.80 × 104
6000 1.81 8.17 × 104
7000 2.11 9.53 × 104
8000 2.41 1.09 × 105
9000 2.71 1.22 × 105
1.00 × 104 3.02 1.36 × 105
2.00 × 104 6.03 2.72 × 105
2.18 × 104 6.58 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 20.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.0242 615
30.0 0.0286 726
40.0 0.0381 968
50.0 0.0477 1210
60.0 0.0572 1450
70.0 0.0667 1690
80.0 0.0763 1940
90.0 0.0858 2180
100 0.0953 2420
200 0.191 4840
300 0.286 7260
400 0.381 9680
500 0.477 1.21 × 104
600 0.572 1.45 × 104
700 0.667 1.69 × 104
800 0.763 1.94 × 104
900 0.858 2.18 × 104
1000 0.953 2.42 × 104
2000 1.91 4.84 × 104
3000 2.86 7.26 × 104
4000 3.81 9.68 × 104
5000 4.77 1.21 × 105
6000 5.72 1.45 × 105
7000 6.67 1.69 × 105
8000 7.63 1.94 × 105
9000 8.58 2.18 × 105
1.00 × 104 9.53 2.42 × 105
1.23 × 104 11.7 2.97 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 25.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.0591 960
30.0 0.0698 1130
40.0 0.0931 1510
50.0 0.116 1890
60.0 0.140 2270
70.0 0.163 2650
80.0 0.186 3020
90.0 0.209 3400
100 0.233 3780
200 0.465 7560
300 0.698 1.13 × 104
400 0.931 1.51 × 104
500 1.16 1.89 × 104
600 1.40 2.27 × 104
700 1.63 2.65 × 104
800 1.86 3.02 × 104
900 2.09 3.40 × 104
1000 2.33 3.78 × 104
2000 4.65 7.56 × 104
3000 6.98 1.13 × 105
4000 9.31 1.51 × 105
4300 10.0 1.62 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 30.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.123 1380
30.0 0.145 1630
40.0 0.193 2180
50.0 0.241 2720
60.0 0.290 3270
70.0 0.338 3810
80.0 0.386 4350
90.0 0.434 4900
100 0.483 5440
200 0.965 1.09 × 104
300 1.45 1.63 × 104
400 1.93 2.18 × 104
500 2.41 2.72 × 104
600 2.90 3.27 × 104
700 3.38 3.81 × 104
800 3.86 4.35 × 104
900 4.34 4.90 × 104
1000 4.83 5.44 × 104
2000 9.65 1.09 × 105
2070 10.0 1.13 × 105
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 40.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.387 2460
30.0 0.458 2900
40.0 0.610 3870
50.0 0.763 4840
60.0 0.915 5810
70.0 1.07 6770
80.0 1.22 7740
90.0 1.37 8710
100 1.53 9680
200 3.05 1.94 × 104
300 4.58 2.90 × 104
400 6.10 3.87 × 104
500 7.63 4.84 × 104
600 9.15 5.81 × 104
656 10.0 6.35 × 104
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 50.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 0.946 3840
30.0 1.12 4540
40.0 1.49 6050
50.0 1.86 7560
60.0 2.23 9070
70.0 2.61 1.06 × 104
80.0 2.98 1.21 × 104
90.0 3.35 1.36 × 104
100 3.72 1.51 × 104
200 7.45 3.02 × 104
269 10.0 4.06 × 104
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 60.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 1.96 5530
30.0 2.32 6530
40.0 3.09 8710
50.0 3.86 1.09 × 104
60.0 4.63 1.31 × 104
70.0 5.40 1.52 × 104
80.0 6.18 1.74 × 104
90.0 6.95 1.96 × 104
100 7.72 2.18 × 104
130 10.0 2.82 × 104
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 70.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 3.63 7530
30.0 4.29 8890
40.0 5.72 1.19 × 104
50.0 7.15 1.48 × 104
60.0 8.58 1.78 × 104
69.9 10.0 2.07 × 104
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 80.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 6.20 9830
30.0 7.32 1.16 × 104
40.0 9.76 1.55 × 104
41.0 10.0 1.59 × 104
Steel I Beam: S10 × 25.4 (S Section 10 inch tall × 25.4 lbf/ft)
L = 90.0 ft
P (lbf/ft) w_max (in) stress_max (psi)
25.4 9.93 1.24 × 104
25.6 10.0 1.25 × 104
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