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# Cantilever Beam Calculation

Asks for the length of the beam in feet, its width and depth in inches, and the wood (fir, hemlock or redwood, select grade at 15% moisture), then prints the maximum safe load in pounds and the deflection in inches. Type CONT for another beam. The author warns that the results must not be used where safety depends on them.

As printed, line 240 falls through to the redwood values in lines 245-280 whatever wood you choose, so fir and hemlock give the redwood results. No correction was published.

Published in Syntax June 1984 ([Cantilever Beam Calculation](https://timexsinclair.com/article/cantilever-beam-calculation/)).

## Source Code

```
  10 PRINT "CALCULATES MAX SAFE LOAD AND    DEFLECTION FOR A BEAM FIXED AT  ONE END AND LOADED AT THE OTHER"
  15 PRINT
  20 PRINT "ENTER LENGTH IN FEET ";
  30 INPUT L
  40 PRINT L;" FT"
  45 PRINT
  50 PRINT "ENTER WIDTH IN INCHES";
  60 INPUT W
  70 PRINT W;" """
  75 PRINT
  80 PRINT "ENTER DEPTH IN INCHES";
  90 INPUT D
 100 PRINT D;" """
 105 PRINT
 110 PRINT "SELECT WOOD"
 112 PRINT "FIR=1",,"HEMLOCK=2",,"REDWOOD=3"
 120 INPUT M
 130 PRINT M;" SELECTED"
 135 PRINT
 140 IF M<>1 THEN GOTO 190
 145 LET DN=37.2
 150 LET US=1200
 160 LET HS=84
 170 LET E=1.6E6
 180 LET X=66.7
 190 IF M<>2 THEN GOTO 240
 195 LET DN=30.7
 200 LET US=1024
 210 LET HS=56
 220 LET E=1.2E6
 230 LET X=55.6
 240 IF M>3 OR M<1 THEN GOTO 110
 245 LET DN=28.3
 250 LET US=1040
 260 LET HS=60
 270 LET E=1.4E6
 280 LET X=55.6
 300 LET WB=DN*(D/12)*(W/12)*L
 310 LET LD=(W*D**2*X)/(4*L)
 320 IF L<=D THEN LET LD=(W*D*HS)/3
 330 LET SL=LD-(WB/2)
 340 LET DE=(4*SL*(L*12)**3)/(E*W*D**3)
 350 PRINT "SAFE LOAD= ";SL;" POUNDS"
 355 PRINT "DEFLECTION= ";DE;" INCHES"
 360 PRINT "ENTER ""CONTINUE"" FOR MORE"
 370 STOP
 380 GOTO 20
```