Beam Deflection Engineering

Instantaneous beam analysis that fits in your pocket!

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Productivity	$4.99	Ketchep.com, LLC	iPhone, iPad, iPod

Beam Deflection Engineering Screenshot on iOS

Easily calculate beam deflection and engineering graphs for structural analysis. Quickly double-check your results and develop your intuition of beam deflection theory. This app is an invaluable learning tool for mechanical, civil, structural, and architecture engineering.

AMAZING AND INTUITIVE TOUCH-BASED INTERACTION

• Interactive graphics - Use touch to position loads and supports along the beam. Our algorithm will automatically handle individual sections and superposition of loads.
• Real-time computation - When you edit loads and supports, you can immediately see the effect on shear, moment, slope, and deflection diagrams. Visualize how the beam bends in real time as you interact with the app!

UNLIMITED LOADS AND SUPPORTS

• At least as many as your device can handle!
• Concentrated point loads, distributed loads, and moment loads
• Simple and fixed supports
• Floating and fixed hinges

BUILT-IN PROPERTY DATA LIBRARIES

Beam deflection depends on the beam's material (elastic modulus) and its cross-section geometry (moment of inertia). The app includes common values, but you can also specify these values directly.

• Find most American and European standard shapes.
• Select from common engineering materials.

SMART AND USEFUL DESIGN

• Common measurement units (metric and standard)
• Smart diagrams automatically detect local maxima and minima and zero-crossings

CONTACT

Having issues with the latest version? Do you have any feature requests? Let us know! There are many ways to reach us:

email: [email protected]
https://www.blueketchep.com
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Or simply leave a comment here!

Reviews

Please add small steel shapes!
BenShell

Great job on this beautifully designed app! I just wish it had smaller shapes built in, down to 1/2 square steel tube. Or, maybe provide a way for user defined shapes to be added? Thanks!

Good try, but half finished app!
@DPKG

OK not meaning to put the dev down as this is a nice approach but I think the dev should have spent more time making the app workable than playing with the interface. The app is so called "version 5.0". One would assume from this it would have passed through four major iterations to get to this point. The app feels like beta release 0.9. The following are missing. 1. Save and file functions 2. Undo and redo 3. A "help" or tutorial. Also what would be nice would be the ability to design or draw beam sections instead of using the only ones offered. All that is provided is a database of standard sections downloaded off the internet, this would have been provided by version 3 or 4. The app feels like an engineer grad student trying to show off the engineering knowledge. Any of the five star reviews are either friends of the dev or purchasers of previous versions who are happy to see progress. If I have misrepresented the dev and invite them to contact me and I will revise my review.

It's nice but..
- Batman

I like it but it would be nice if it had the ability to see the data in a table. Also, could you add an option to switch the positive/negative convention of up and down? Thanks, and keep up the good work :)

Great app!
civEstudent

Perfect for when you want to check your work for accuracy...or just when you want to cut corners.

Poor user interface does not hold settings.
windnsails

Just using this app is a challenge. When I used ft-lb-in settings they always reverted to metric which was very frustrating. You have to know everything in the calculations before starting. There is no table of properties for materials or shapes. There is no way to calculate Area moment of inertia for example. Essentially, this is just an equation solver for beams with an interface that is awkward to use and doesn't remember settings.

Nice app
Kamran Poortaghi

Very good

So Far So Good!
TeddyTexas

Just downloaded this and started playing around with it. Quite amazing how the graphics work. Nice that you can specify a structural steel beam shape.

Exceptional app!!
thesnorlax

This is a really great app for shear and moment diagrams. Very intuitive, fabulous interface! Tried using a similar applications on the web and this beats it hands down, glad I spent the money. I'd do it again in a heartbeat. One recommendation would be to have moment in in-lb not just ft-lbs. Again great app, a winner!!!

2 Complains
Fatteel

First off great application, but I really hoped since it is a 5 dollar application for it to include hinges. Please add hinges it would help me a lot and isn't this hard for professionals like you. Second can you please let us set the pointer where we want in order to see the moment or deflection value, not only slide it since it is not very accurate with the slider! Much thanks