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Simply-Supported Steel Beam — Design Check
A one-page beam check done properly: reactions, bending, shear and the span/250 deflection limit, beside the solved diagram — the everyday calc, typeset.
What this example shows
- A cover page with the firm logo, and a ruled header + page-numbered footer on every page.
- Real typeset equations — wL²/8, 5wL⁴/384EI and the L/250 check — not screenshots of maths.
- An extruded beam diagram with reactions, the bending-moment envelope and the deflected shape, solved by the engine and carrying its model inside the file.
- A support-reactions table lifted straight from the solver, matching the hand calculation.
- Automatic figure and table numbers, with cross-references in the prose that renumber themselves.
Title page + logoHeaders & footersEquationsSolved beam diagramResults tableCross-referencesBullet lists
The model, and what it works out to
| Structure | Secondary floor beam B12 — simply supported, pin and roller |
|---|---|
| Span | 6.0 m |
| Load | 10 kN/m uniformly distributed over the full span |
| Section stiffness | I = 100 × 10⁶ mm⁴, EI = 20 000 kN·m² |
| Reactions | 30 kN at each support |
| Peak bending moment | 45 kN·m sagging at midspan (wL²/8) |
| Peak shear | 30 kN at the supports |
| Deflection | 8.44 mm = L/711, inside the L/250 limit |
Every number above is worked in the document itself — by hand first, then against the StructureCalcs solver — and the downloadable .screport file carries the live model, so you can open it in the Report Builder and change any input.
The first pages
Download for the full reportA preview of the opening pages, rendered by the same engine that produces the download.
Every number in this report is produced by the StructureCalcs engine from a verified model — the figures are solver-exact and the model travels inside the .screport, so opening it in the builder reconstructs the analysis and lets you carry on.