CMC Steel Products Non-Composite Castellated Beam Design Program

NOMENCLATURE

INTRODUCTION:
This program will assist in sizing simply supported, castellated beams with point and uniformly distributed loads.
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STEPS:

1. Enter job name and design mark (not required).

2. Enter span, unbraced length, material strength and conx. type.
3. Enter loading. Program allows (1) uniform live load, (1) uniform dead load, and (4) point loads. Note, beam wt. is included.
4. Press Stnd. Geom. button. This enters the standard castellation pattern corresponding to the given wide flange.

OPTIMIZATION:
Three modes of failure and their corresponding interaction values are shown in the results section. All values must
be less than or equal to 1.0 for the beam to be ok. Press the "Find lightest shape" button to have the program select
the lightest shape with standard castellation geometry. Significant strength changes can be achieved by modifying
the castellation pattern. The following guidelines will help the optimization process.
1. To increase shear or web post strength, increase "e".
2. To increase bending strength, decrease "e".
3. If point loads are a significant portion of the load, increase "dt".

CONSTRUCTION BRIDGING:
VARIABLES

Construction bridging is required for castellated beams that spans longer than the maximum bridging spacing.
Maximum bridging spacing is controlled by connection type at end of beam.
OSHA requires construction bridging to be installed to meet the following loading conditions:
1. A 300 lb. Man @ midspan - requires bolted X-bridging to be installed before hoisting cables are removed.

d = depth of root beam

bf = flange width
tf = flange thickness
tw = web thickness
e = web post width & tee length
b = width of sloped portion
dt = tee depth
dg = castellated beam depth
ho = height of hole
wo = width of hole

2. One 4000 lb. Bundle of deck to be placed over three beams no further than 1 ft from the end of the beam requires horizontal bridging to be in place before deck bundles are placed.

WARNINGS:

1. "e<emin" - e must be at least 3" to provide end conx. material.

2. "dt<dtmin" - dt must be greater than dtmin for fabrication reasons.
3. "e/tw>30", "2h/e>8", "Phi>62", "Phi<43" - research on web post buckling is valid only within these limitations.
4. "Top tee slender" or "Bottom tee slender" - allowable stress on tee section is reduced per Qs. This will not
cause error in program.
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Non-Composite Castellated SmartBeam Design Program PRODUCTS

BEAM INFORMATION

Job Name:
Beam Mark #
Span
Unbraced Length
Mat. Strength-Fy

LOADING INFORMATION

Sample Project

CB1
54.000

ft

5.000

ft

50
50

ksi

Castellated Beam
Root beam
d
bf
tf

CB36X76
W24X76

tw

W24X76

Uniform Distributed Loads

Live Load
800
plf

Anet
Agross

Dead Load

Ix net

800

plf

Concentrated Point Loads

Load #

Magnitude

Dist from

Perc. DL

(#)

(kips)

Lft. End (ft)

(%)

P1
P2
P3
P4

0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
0.00
RESULTS

23.9

in

8.99

in

0.68

in

Failure Mode

0.44

in

7.500

0%
0%
0%
0%

16.908
27.380

in^2
in^2

4774.037

in^4

Ix gross

5268.3

in^4

Sx net
Sx gross
rx net
rx gross
Iy
Sy
ry
rT

266.706
294.321
16.803
13.871
82.420
18.336
2.208
2.444

in^3
in^3
in
in
in^4
in^3
in
in

Interaction

Status

Bending
Shear

0.985
0.567

<=1.0 OK!!
<=1.0 OK!!

in

Web Post

0.659

<=1.0 OK!!

End Connection type

6.500

in

Overall

0.985

<=1.0 OK!!

6.000

in

Live Load Deflection

1.189''

=L/545

Min No. Of Bridging Rows

Max. Bridging. Spacing (ft)

28.000

in

Dead Load Deflection

1.302''

=L/498

Castellation Parameters:
e
b
dt
S

EXPAND'D. SXN. PROP'S

dg
phi

35.800

in

61.356

deg

ho

23.800

in

wo

20.500

in

WARNINGS

deffec
33.459
in
CONSTRUCTION BRIDGING
Shear Tab

1
44

MAXIMUM PASSABLE DUCTS

(Diam.
(in)

Round

17.491

RECTANGULAR

Width (in) x Height (in)

9.750

18.265