List of Steel Beam Posts-part-4.

Last Updated on March 1, 2026 by Maged kamel

List of Steel Beam Posts-part-4.

Moment Redistribution For Continuous Steel Beams.

This is the 29th post of the steel beam posts-part-4, which includes a brief discussion of the statically indeterminate beams, where we will have both positive and negative moments and the methods we will use. We will review table-3-23 for continuous beam shear and moment values, redistribution of the moment, elastic redistribution, and 0.90 of the largest—ve moment.

Table 3-23 for shear and moment values.

This is a link to post 29-Moment Redistribution.

Introduction to design of continuous beam, problem 4-15.

This is the 30th post of the steel beam posts-part-4, which includes a solved problem from Prof. Alan Williams’s book. Solved problem 4-15 Moment Redistribution. The uniformly distributed loading, including the beam self-weight, acting on a two-span continuous beam, is shown in Fig. 4.16. Continuous lateral support is provided to the beam.

Solved problem 4-15 for continuous beams.

Determine the lightest adequate W10 section using steel with a yield stress of 50 ksi.

This is the link for post 30: Introduction to design of continuous beam, problem 4-15.

Collapse load for a simply supported beam.

This is the 31st post of Steel beam Posts-part-4, which includes a solved problem, how to determine the plastic moment, and the collapse load for a beam fixed at one end and supported on rollers at the other. The beam is loaded by a concentrated load.

Introduction to plastic theory-part of list of steel beam posts-part-4.

Easy illustration for the collapse load for an indeterminate beam.

This is the 32nd post of the Steel beam Posts-part-4 series, which includes a solved problem, how to determine the plastic moment, and the collapse load for a beam fixed at one end and with a roller support at the other, loaded by a concentrated load.

Collapse load for a Built-in and roller support beam.

This is the link for post 32: the Collapse load for the indeterminate beam. 

Upper bound and lower bound definitions.

Here are two posts,33 and 33a. The two posts are among the Steel beam Posts-part-4, which includes the definitions of the lower bound & upper bound and the unique theorem. How to determine the relationship between the load factor and the distance from support for the same solved problem included in the previous post.

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Load factor and distance from the support relation.

This is the link for post 33: the Upper and lower bound definitions.

This is the link for post-33a: Location of plastic hinges and effect on lambda value


Plastic Moment For Continous Beams.

This is the 34th post of Steel beam Posts-part-4, which includes determining the plastic moment and the collapse UL load for a continuous beam with equal spans. Two methods are used: the statical method, or the lower bound method, and the Mechanism method, or the upper bound method.

Plastic Moment For Continuous Beams.

This is the link for post 34: Plastic Moment For Continous Beams.

For posts 35 to 37, a mastan2 solution is included to verify our estimations.


Solved Problem 8-22 For Plastic Moment.

This is the 35th post of Steel beam Posts-part-4, which includes a solved problem: How to determine the collapse load for a beam fixed at both ends and loaded by a concentrated load? Two methods are used: the first method is the statical method or the lower bound method, and the second method is the Mechanism or the upper bound method.

Solved Problem 8-22 For Plastic Moment.

This is the link for post 35: Solved Problem 8-22 For Plastic Moment.


Solved problem 8-32 for the plastic Nominal Uniform load.

This is the 36th post of Steel beam Posts-part-4, which includes a solved problem: How can the collapse uniform load value for a given section of a simple beam partially loaded and fixed at both ends be determined?

Using Mastan#2 to find the location of plastic hinges and lambda value.

The problem was further modified: the uniform load was relocated, and the two methods were again used to estimate the plastic nominal uniform load. This is the link for post 36: Solved problems 8-32.


Solved problems 8-33 and 34 for the nominal uniform load.

There are two posts,37 and 37a. These two posts are part of the steel beam Posts-part-4, which includes two solved problems, 8.33 and 8-34.

Solved problem 8-33 for the nominal uniform load.

. Using the given section and the plastic theory, for the first problem 8.33- determine the value of Wn as indicated for a continuous beam with varying loading.

For the second problem, #.8.34, determine the value of Wn as indicated for a continuous beam fixed from both ends under Wn loads.

Solved problem 8-34 for the nominal uniform load.

Using Mastan-2 for locations of plastic hinges.

This is the link for post 37: A solved problem, 8-33, for a nominal uniform load.

This is a link to post 37a-Solved problem-8-34 for a nominal uniform load.

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A very useful external resource, A Beginner’s Guide to the Steel Construction Manual, 15th ed,Chapter 8 – Bending Members

very useful external resource, A Beginner’s Guide to the Steel Construction Manual, 16th ed.,Chapter 8 – Bending Members