How To Design a Steel Beam For Beginners: Hand Calculation & Software

[@daffy7072]

More hand calcs please! this was so incredibly helpful

[@Mr-Budget-Sydney]

GREAT, GREAT, Love to see more hand calculations.🙂

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! :)

[@rigohernandez3039]

Did this during my internship all summer long and found this aspect of the job really fun! Great video!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!

[@SPACEGASS]

Great video! Appreciate the in-depth explanation and seeing SPACE GASS in action-it's always exciting to see how structural engineers like yourself make the most of its features. Looking forward to more videos like these!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you!!

[@Alhussain934]

Thanks!

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks so much! I’m glad the video brought you a lot of value :)

[@flourishomotola5306]

Great video. Thanks for sharing 🙏🏿❤️

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you! :)

[@husnaindodhy7839]

I am in love with your videos. Please make more videos about the manual calculations as well as the software designing and checks.

[@eng_jocha]

Thank you Hielscher for your a,b,c about how to designer steel beam.

[@BEngHielscher]

My pleasure :)

[@swoyaman4969]

This is gold! thank you, can you also do a video on how the design of of such a house is done from step one to end, thanks

[@BEngHielscher]

Thank you and I’ll add your suggestion to the list! :)

[@SH-to8sh]

Hey Ben you should take us through your portfolio one of these days it would be so cool and interesting to see :)

[@DeepakKrishna11]

Great explanation

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks!

[@poojarayapareddy-bq7vo]

Thank you so much, wonderful explanation of the concept. Could you please make more videos on how to design various elements of buildings.

[@catfish0823]

great, you are the only i see that taught this on English, most i see that taught this on KZbin is Indians that cannot speak English. please upload more. thanks

[@Siphamandla_Masondo02]

Thanks Hielscher , always watching your videos. Kindly requesting to upload a video about how to make a Design report into ( International standards) . How you use Excel and Word to produce a looking design report please.

[@MICHAELLULE]

hi am civil engineer but the sechuation i work present on other filed you know i like to learn the sciense of civil thanks you awaken our memory.

[@dangorelik3962]

Great video as always! Are you doing a lot of hand calculations at your office or are you mostly calculate beams with specific calculating programs or are you using rule thumbs?

[@BEngHielscher]

Hand calculations when it’s really simple but for anything more involved I use software programs :)

[@abdussalamokunola2253]

Fantastic, Please how can I get the universal beam dimension and properties? Is there any website for it or another thing?

[@kimLim-nt3xf]

Hi what analysis software is mostly used in Australia ?

[@BEngHielscher]

I mostly use Spacegass, Strand7, Ram Connection, Structural Toolkit and Ram Concept. There is a bit of variance depending on where you work though :)

[@khalidibrahim938]

Do you have materials for euro code like the blue book? Let’s say Umm for concrete design?? 3:49

[@BEngHielscher]

The blue book can be downloaded for free from the steelconstruction.info website. There are other textbooks around that have quick reference tables for concrete design but nothing quite like the blue book

[@Tarhelgo]

Please do one video about finite element, Thanks.

[@jeyn.r]

What is the difference between strhctural engineer and civil engineer? In my country they are same

[@DrJQureshi]

Structural engineering is a specialty within civil engineering. Structural engineers mainly design buildings and bridges. Other specialist civil engineers include geotechnical engineers, transportation engineers, quantity surveyors, construction project managers and hydraulic engineers, water resource engineers and environmental engineers.

[@kmkmkmkmk3967]

Hi, How do you know 12 mm is the limit for deflection?

[@BEngHielscher]

Specified in the Australian Standards :)

[@engineersisland]

Could you please make one for a truss bridge

[@alexander-n8c2s]

Is it allowed to use Eurocode in Australia? If yes, what do you preffer? Thanks

[@BEngHielscher]

No, structures in Australia need to be designed to conform with Australian standards

[@Ace-nh8kb]

Very helpful video. Just wondering where in AS1170 you got your ULS and SLS combinations. Can’t find a few of them from 4.2,4.3 or table C1

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! Which particular combos?

[@Ace-nh8kb]

The SLS combo where you use long term factor 0.6 and times it by Q. Since it’s a floor beam for a house, I thought it might be under residential and domestic and be 0.4 instead. For ULS, the 1.2 SW + 1.2G + Wu has me confused as well, closest thing I can find from 4.2.2 is 1.2G + Wu + combination factor x Q. In order for the two to equal, the combination factor would need to equal 0 which doesn’t match up from table 4.1

[@BEngHielscher]

For the SLS combo, you’re right, 0.4 is the typical factor you would take for a residential house. 0.6 is a bit more conservative and covers other use types so that’s why I used it. If you wanted to really stick to the code and economise your design 0.4 can definitely be used. For the ULS combo, I really should have showed a + 0.4*Q on that load case. It doesn’t govern in this design but should be included in case it does in others. Thanks for bringing this up. Cheers !

[@Ace-nh8kb]

Ah I see, thank you for getting back to me. Everyone has different engineering judgement/interpretation of the standards which is cool to see. Keep up the excellent work. Any concrete elements would be super helpful, like slabs or footings.

[@NasirUddinBali-l8k]

Could you make a video on personal projects for civil engineering students? Step by step? Thanks!

[@BEngHielscher]

My video titled “Structural Engineering Projects That Taught Me To Design” is close to this request. Check it out :)

[@emranqazizada5566]

Great, can you please make some more video about modeling specifically using spacegass, based on project driven. Thanks

[@BEngHielscher]

Thanks! And I’ll add your suggestion to the list :)

[@MuhammadHaseebShykh-fw8sg]

could you plz tell how to download space gass app Or kindly share the link

[@BEngHielscher]

Simply google “space gass” and go to their website and navigate to the download section. There is an option for 30 day free trial and free student version

[@swoyaman4969]

Does this process need to be repeated for each member in that house layout?

[@BEngHielscher]

For other beams, yes :)

[@siddiqs2563]

Thats great sir, i graduated last year and worked for 7 month as detailer. Now im looking for the structural engineer. Where i can learn all these things and how can i get that position. Its been 1 year since im searching for a job. Need your guidance. Im from india

[@aldrinmagarro]

you ask your foreman hahahah

[@cw7037]

can i work in usa as civil engineer with russian degree

[@mr_5mins]

More calculations for other topics 🙇‍♂️

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[@michel-1-0]

Why i found you too late!😅. Please sir how to talk with you i need your help for sure.

[@abdussalamokunola2253]

With all due respect, I'm studying Civil engineering, currently in my third year, i don't have much intel about beam and column.. I don't mind if you can help me tutorials and the likes..