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The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite is an easy to use suite of design tools for the design of castellated beams. The suite includes separate spreadsheets for the design of standard sized castellated beam sections in accordance with BS EN 1992. The suite also includes separate spreadsheets for the design of non-standard sized castellated beams in accordance with BS EN 1992 or AISC standards. Each spreadsheet includes a unique tool showing the user exactly which castellated beam sections are both valid and economical, saving hours of iterative calculations to determine the most optimal castellated beam section for any design conditions.

Together this suite of spreadsheets can be used to design any standard or non-standard castellated beam sections to Eurocode or AISC standards. The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite can be purchased for only £19.99.

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Castellated beams consist of standard sized I shaped beams which are then cut in a zig-zag pattern and rearranged to form a deeper beam with diamond or hexagon shaped holes through the web. In some cases such as where a beam is required to resist large bending moments, this arrangement can provide a more economical beam by creating a deeper beam and removing steel from the web where it is not required.

Castellated beams have been in use for more than 50 years and continue to be used regularly today. Castellated beams are very well suited to beams subject to high bending moments. The process of cutting the I shaped beam apart and welding back together to create a deeper beam increases the bending resistance of the section without adding any additional steel material or any corresponding weight. This allows the castellated beam to achieve a very high strength to weight ratio at an economical cost.

The holes in castellated beams also make it easy to install electrical, water and other services which are able to pass through the beam without installing new holes and weakening the section.

CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet

The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet includes all the tools required for the design of standard castellated beam sections made from I beams or RSJ beams. The suite includes the following spreadsheets;

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• Bending, Shear and Bearing on Web Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
• Bending, Shear and Lateral Torsional Buckling Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
• Biaxial Bending and Shear Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
• Biaxial Bending, Shear and Bearing on Web Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992
• Biaxial Bending, Shear and Lateral Torsional Buckling Analysis in accordance with Eurocode BS EN 1992

All the Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheets include a unique section picker tool which shows the designer exactly which castellated beam sections are suitable for the design conditions. The tool also then sorts the sections by weight, allowing the designer to see at a glance exactly which section is most economical for each steel grade. This will save the designer many hours of repeating detailed calculations for different sections to see which are best suited and most economical.

CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite

The CivilWeb Castellated Beam Design Spreadsheet Suite is an easy to use collection of spreadsheets for the design of standard castellated beam sections to BS EN 1992. The spreadsheet suite includes 5 different types of analysis for castellated beams made from UC, UB and from RSJ sections. The spreadsheet includes all castellated sections included in BS4.

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The castellated beam is one of the steel members which uses less material, but has equal performance as the I-beam of the same size. Most of the castellated beams are fabricated from a standard universal I-beam or H-column, by cutting the web on a half hexagonal line down the centre of the beam, then these two halves are moved directly across by a half unit of spacing and re-joined by welding. This process leads to increasing the beam’s depth and thus the bending strength and stiffness about the major axis, without adding additional materials. This allows castellated beams to be used in long-span applications with light or moderate loading conditions for supporting floors and roofs. In addition, the fabrication process creates openings on the web, which can be used to accommodate services.

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Existing studies have shown that the resistance of the castellated beam is influenced by shear stresses, particularly those around web openings and under the T-section, which could cause the beam to have different failure modes. Therefore, web openings may reduce the shear resistance of the castellated beam. However, previous studies confirm that the method of analysis and design for the solid beam, may not be suitable for the castellated beam. Design guidance on the strength and stiffness for castellated beams is available in most countries, but also, some of them do not take into account the shear effect because as far as the bending strength is concerned, neglecting the shear effect may not cause direct problems. However, for the buckling and calculation of serviceability, the shear weakness due to web openings in castellated beams, could affect the performance of the beams and thus needs to be carefully reconsidered.

The aims of this study are, firstly to investigate the effect of web openings on the transverse deflection and lateral-torsional buckling of castellated beams, by using both analytical and numerical methods, whilst also adopting some of the previous studies for validating the analytical results. The second aim, is to focus on the effect of both the geometric nonlinear and material inelasticity on castellated beams, under uniformly distributed load within different boundary conditions, through investigating the load-deflection curve and predicting the value of lateral-torsional buckling moment capacity, by using nonlinear numerical analysis method. The third aim, is to study the free vibration, static buckling and dynamic instability of castellated beams, w subjected to transverse periodic loading by developing analytical solutions.

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The purpose of developing analytical solutions, which adopt the classical principle of minimum potential energy, is for the design and practical use; while the numerical solutions developed using the commercial software ANSYS are for the validation of the analytical solutions. By examining the results of analytical and numerical solutions obtained, a number of important features of the castellated beams are identified. This study has contributed to enhancing the knowledge of the effect of web openings on the performance of castellated beams subjected to uniformly distributed transverse loads with/or without being exposed to elevated temperatures. Data provided in these studies, can essentially be used by structural designers for providing better, economical and safe structures.