Beam Calculator
Check the bending stress and deflection of a beam or cantilever under a point load or an evenly spread load. Choose a section and material, and the calculator works out the section properties for you.
Results
- Maximum bending moment
- Maximum bending stress
- Safety factor against yield
- Maximum deflection
- Span ÷ deflection
- Second moment of area I
- Section modulus Z
- Area and mass
Simple elastic beam theory, checking bending stress and deflection only. It does not check shear, buckling, local crushing, connections or fatigue, and section properties ignore corner radii. Use it to size early concepts, then check the design to the relevant code.