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C-Beam Design Summary

This output provides a listing of every C-Beam™ design in the structure. For each beam, there are two sections of output: Design and Detailing. Castellated and Cellular beams are listed separately.

The Design section lists the following information:
  • The beam ID number
  • The span length
  • The nominal yield strength Fy
  • The C-Beam size
  • The required camber
  • The required number of studs

An asterisk "*" after the beam size indicates that the beam is over‑stressed. This can occur with user-selected sizes. A "#" after the beam size indicates that the beam is over‑deflected. A "u" after the size indicates that the user has assigned the size, hole configuration, and/or studs shown.

The Detailing section lists the following information:
  • The beam ID number
  • The Root Beam size from which the C-Beam is to be manufactured. The root beam for the top half and the bottom half are both listed.
  • The C-Beam size
  • The range of acceptable e dimensions, emin and emax, for Castellated beams, and the range of acceptable S dimensions, Smin and Smax, for Cellular beams.
  • The dt dimension for Castellated beams, and the Do dimension for Cellular beams
  • The angle of the castellation, phi, for Castellated beams. The angle for the top half and the bottom half are both listed.
Note: This report should be submitted to SteelFab, Inc. as part of the design information for their use in detailing the C-Beam.