Basic beam analysis features:

    Concentrated Loads --- vertical & moment loads

    Constant & Variable distributed loads

    Boundary Conditions --- pinned & fixed supports,  vertical & rotational          springs/specified displacements

    Beam Hinges --- multiple hinges at interior points along the beam

    Constant & Variable EI (flexural stiffness), AG (effective shear stiffness)

Moving Loads --- Define moving load patterns that are automatically scanned across the beam (to produce envelope diagrams).

 Advanced analysis features:

Pile Problems --- lateral load analysis of piles. For example, stand alone piles, soldier pile walls.   Note, input of active-loads, passive-loads & lateral modulus of sub-grade reaction are required. They are not automatically generated.

Analyze beam column buckling problems & Beams effected by axial tension or compression forces

Lateral Torsional Buckling problems --- for doubly symmetric & singly symmetric sections

Natural Frequencies & Mode Shapes --- input distributed mass (constant&variable) & concentrated mass

Beams on Elastic Foundations --- constant & variable linear or nonlinear (acting one way with or without a crushing limit) foundations.

Other Constant & Variable inputs --- Axial Loads, Active & Passive Loads (pile problems), Elastic foundations.

Parametric input --- define variables and use numeric expressions (instead of entering number values)

 

 Output features:

Output plots include moment, shear, deflection, slope, D/L, E.F. reactions ,pile  net-forces and all variable inputs.

Plot Moving Load & All Combination Envelopes and Summation diagrams for problems with multiple cases. (moment, shear, deflection, slope, E.F. reaction)

Accuratly label key points on any plot (up to 12 values & positions per plot)

Plot output directly to a PCL compatible printers and also send selected plots to the Windows default printer.

Plots can be sent to Mspaint and/or the Windows clipboard in color or B&W.    Also Plot screens can be captured by the PrtSC key (except Windows XP & Vista).

Printout on the monitor, directly to a printer or to the windows default printer, all reactions, max. & min. table and editor input.

Windows XP, 2000 & Vista users can also print directly to a printer connected by a USB port or on the Network (PCL printer required for directly printing plots).

New features for version 2.1 include ...

Mouse control for all screens.

Plots can be displayed full screen or in a window (3 window sizes).

The new Talk-mode feature allows you to program other computer programs to use VersaBEAM to solve beam problems.

All new features are listed in section 2.1 of the VersaBEAM 2.1 manual.