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Wood Beam (LRFD, NDS 2024)

The easy to use online ClearCalcs Wood Beam LRFD Calculator to NDS 2024 enables you to do quick and powerful design and analysis for simple and continuous wood beams, with unlimited supports and loads. Choose from our library of thousands of common wood sections, or create your own and get instant results with our easy to understand traffic light checks for moment, deflection, and shear. The calculator also supports flitch plates.

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Ready-made configuration to save you time

A preset is a ready-made configuration that instantly sets up a structural calculation with commonly used parameters, materials, and load scenarios. Each preset is tailored to specific use cases like floor joists, roof girders, or deck beams.

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Generic Beam
Generic Beam
Generic Flitch Beam
Generic Flitch Beam
Floor Joist
Floor Joist
Floor Girder
Floor Girder
Ceiling Joist
Ceiling Joist
Hip / Valley
Hip / Valley
Rafter
Rafter
Ridge Beam
Ridge Beam
Roof Header
Roof Header
Floor Header
Floor Header
Combination Beam
Combination Beam
Deck Joist
Deck Joist
Deck Beam
Deck Beam

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