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Glossary » Beams » Simply Supported » Uniformly Distributed Load » Single Span » Wide Flange Steel I Beam » W14 × 132
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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 = 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
   
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 5.16 × 10-6 8.54
200 7.82 × 10-6 12.9
300 1.17 × 10-5 19.4
400 1.56 × 10-5 25.9
500 1.96 × 10-5 32.3
600 2.35 × 10-5 38.8
700 2.74 × 10-5 45.3
800 3.13 × 10-5 51.7
900 3.52 × 10-5 58.2
1000 3.91 × 10-5 64.7
2000 7.82 × 10-5 129
3000 1.17 × 10-4 194
4000 1.56 × 10-4 259
5000 1.96 × 10-4 323
6000 2.35 × 10-4 388
7000 2.74 × 10-4 453
8000 3.13 × 10-4 517
9000 3.52 × 10-4 582
1.00 × 104 3.91 × 10-4 647
2.00 × 104 7.82 × 10-4 1290
3.00 × 104 0.00117 1940
4.00 × 104 0.00156 2590
5.00 × 104 0.00196 3230
6.00 × 104 0.00235 3880
7.00 × 104 0.00274 4530
8.00 × 104 0.00313 5170
9.00 × 104 0.00352 5820
1.00 × 105 0.00391 6470
2.00 × 105 0.00782 1.29 × 104
3.00 × 105 0.0117 1.94 × 104
4.00 × 105 0.0156 2.59 × 104
5.00 × 105 0.0196 3.23 × 104
6.00 × 105 0.0235 3.88 × 104
7.00 × 105 0.0274 4.53 × 104
8.00 × 105 0.0313 5.17 × 104
9.00 × 105 0.0352 5.82 × 104
1.00 × 106 0.0391 6.47 × 104
2.00 × 106 0.0782 1.29 × 105
3.00 × 106 0.117 1.94 × 105
4.00 × 106 0.156 2.59 × 105
4.59 × 106 0.180 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 3.98 × 10-5 23.7
200 6.04 × 10-5 35.9
300 9.05 × 10-5 53.9
400 1.21 × 10-4 71.9
500 1.51 × 10-4 89.8
600 1.81 × 10-4 108
700 2.11 × 10-4 126
800 2.41 × 10-4 144
900 2.72 × 10-4 162
1000 3.02 × 10-4 180
2000 6.04 × 10-4 359
3000 9.05 × 10-4 539
4000 0.00121 719
5000 0.00151 898
6000 0.00181 1080
7000 0.00211 1260
8000 0.00241 1440
9000 0.00272 1620
1.00 × 104 0.00302 1800
2.00 × 104 0.00604 3590
3.00 × 104 0.00905 5390
4.00 × 104 0.0121 7190
5.00 × 104 0.0151 8980
6.00 × 104 0.0181 1.08 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.0211 1.26 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.0241 1.44 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.0272 1.62 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.0302 1.80 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.0604 3.59 × 104
3.00 × 105 0.0905 5.39 × 104
4.00 × 105 0.121 7.19 × 104
5.00 × 105 0.151 8.98 × 104
6.00 × 105 0.181 1.08 × 105
7.00 × 105 0.211 1.26 × 105
8.00 × 105 0.241 1.44 × 105
9.00 × 105 0.272 1.62 × 105
1.00 × 106 0.302 1.80 × 105
1.65 × 106 0.499 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 6.37 × 10-4 94.9
200 9.66 × 10-4 144
300 0.00145 216
400 0.00193 287
500 0.00241 359
600 0.00290 431
700 0.00338 503
800 0.00386 575
900 0.00435 647
1000 0.00483 719
2000 0.00966 1440
3000 0.0145 2160
4000 0.0193 2870
5000 0.0241 3590
6000 0.0290 4310
7000 0.0338 5030
8000 0.0386 5750
9000 0.0435 6470
1.00 × 104 0.0483 7190
2.00 × 104 0.0966 1.44 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.145 2.16 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.193 2.87 × 104
5.00 × 104 0.241 3.59 × 104
6.00 × 104 0.290 4.31 × 104
7.00 × 104 0.338 5.03 × 104
8.00 × 104 0.386 5.75 × 104
9.00 × 104 0.435 6.47 × 104
1.00 × 105 0.483 7.19 × 104
2.00 × 105 0.966 1.44 × 105
3.00 × 105 1.45 2.16 × 105
4.00 × 105 1.93 2.87 × 105
4.13 × 105 2.00 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 0.00323 213
200 0.00489 323
300 0.00733 485
400 0.00978 647
500 0.0122 808
600 0.0147 970
700 0.0171 1130
800 0.0196 1290
900 0.0220 1460
1000 0.0244 1620
2000 0.0489 3230
3000 0.0733 4850
4000 0.0978 6470
5000 0.122 8080
6000 0.147 9700
7000 0.171 1.13 × 104
8000 0.196 1.29 × 104
9000 0.220 1.46 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.244 1.62 × 104
2.00 × 104 0.489 3.23 × 104
3.00 × 104 0.733 4.85 × 104
4.00 × 104 0.978 6.47 × 104
5.00 × 104 1.22 8.08 × 104
6.00 × 104 1.47 9.70 × 104
7.00 × 104 1.71 1.13 × 105
8.00 × 104 1.96 1.29 × 105
9.00 × 104 2.20 1.46 × 105
1.00 × 105 2.44 1.62 × 105
1.84 × 105 4.49 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 0.0102 379
200 0.0155 575
300 0.0232 862
400 0.0309 1150
500 0.0386 1440
600 0.0464 1720
700 0.0541 2010
800 0.0618 2300
900 0.0695 2590
1000 0.0773 2870
2000 0.155 5750
3000 0.232 8620
4000 0.309 1.15 × 104
5000 0.386 1.44 × 104
6000 0.464 1.72 × 104
7000 0.541 2.01 × 104
8000 0.618 2.30 × 104
9000 0.695 2.59 × 104
1.00 × 104 0.773 2.87 × 104
2.00 × 104 1.55 5.75 × 104
3.00 × 104 2.32 8.62 × 104
4.00 × 104 3.09 1.15 × 105
5.00 × 104 3.86 1.44 × 105
6.00 × 104 4.64 1.72 × 105
7.00 × 104 5.41 2.01 × 105
8.00 × 104 6.18 2.30 × 105
9.00 × 104 6.95 2.59 × 105
1.00 × 105 7.73 2.87 × 105
1.03 × 105 7.98 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 0.0249 593
200 0.0377 898
300 0.0566 1350
400 0.0754 1800
500 0.0943 2250
600 0.113 2690
700 0.132 3140
800 0.151 3590
900 0.170 4040
1000 0.189 4490
2000 0.377 8980
3000 0.566 1.35 × 104
4000 0.754 1.80 × 104
5000 0.943 2.25 × 104
6000 1.13 2.69 × 104
7000 1.32 3.14 × 104
8000 1.51 3.59 × 104
9000 1.70 4.04 × 104
1.00 × 104 1.89 4.49 × 104
2.00 × 104 3.77 8.98 × 104
3.00 × 104 5.66 1.35 × 105
4.00 × 104 7.54 1.80 × 105
5.00 × 104 9.43 2.25 × 105
6.00 × 104 11.3 2.69 × 105
6.61 × 104 12.5 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 0.0516 854
200 0.0782 1290
300 0.117 1940
400 0.156 2590
500 0.196 3230
600 0.235 3880
700 0.274 4530
800 0.313 5170
900 0.352 5820
1000 0.391 6470
2000 0.782 1.29 × 104
3000 1.17 1.94 × 104
4000 1.56 2.59 × 104
5000 1.96 3.23 × 104
6000 2.35 3.88 × 104
7000 2.74 4.53 × 104
8000 3.13 5.17 × 104
9000 3.52 5.82 × 104
1.00 × 104 3.91 6.47 × 104
2.00 × 104 7.82 1.29 × 105
3.00 × 104 11.7 1.94 × 105
3.75 × 104 14.7 2.42 × 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 0.163 1520
200 0.247 2300
300 0.371 3450
400 0.494 4600
500 0.618 5750
600 0.742 6900
700 0.865 8050
800 0.989 9200
900 1.11 1.03 × 104
1000 1.24 1.15 × 104
2000 2.47 2.30 × 104
3000 3.71 3.45 × 104
4000 4.94 4.60 × 104
5000 6.18 5.75 × 104
6000 7.42 6.90 × 104
7000 8.65 8.05 × 104
8000 9.89 9.20 × 104
9000 11.1 1.03 × 105
1.00 × 104 12.4 1.15 × 105
1.19 × 104 14.7 1.36 × 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 0.398 2370
200 0.604 3590
300 0.905 5390
400 1.21 7190
500 1.51 8980
600 1.81 1.08 × 104
700 2.11 1.26 × 104
800 2.41 1.44 × 104
900 2.72 1.62 × 104
1000 3.02 1.80 × 104
2000 6.04 3.59 × 104
3000 9.05 5.39 × 104
4000 12.1 7.19 × 104
4860 14.7 8.73 × 104
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 0.826 3410
200 1.25 5170
300 1.88 7760
400 2.50 1.03 × 104
500 3.13 1.29 × 104
600 3.75 1.55 × 104
700 4.38 1.81 × 104
800 5.01 2.07 × 104
900 5.63 2.33 × 104
1000 6.26 2.59 × 104
2000 12.5 5.17 × 104
2340 14.7 6.06 × 104
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 1.53 4650
200 2.32 7040
300 3.48 1.06 × 104
400 4.64 1.41 × 104
500 5.80 1.76 × 104
600 6.96 2.11 × 104
700 8.11 2.46 × 104
800 9.27 2.82 × 104
900 10.4 3.17 × 104
1000 11.6 3.52 × 104
1260 14.7 4.45 × 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 2.61 6070
200 3.96 9200
300 5.93 1.38 × 104
400 7.91 1.84 × 104
500 9.89 2.30 × 104
600 11.9 2.76 × 104
700 13.8 3.22 × 104
741 14.7 3.41 × 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 4.18 7680
200 6.34 1.16 × 104
300 9.50 1.75 × 104
400 12.7 2.33 × 104
463 14.7 2.69 × 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 6.37 9490
200 9.66 1.44 × 104
300 14.5 2.16 × 104
304 14.7 2.18 × 104
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