Optimal Beam Alternatives

Optimal Beam is described as 'A simple beam calculator that analyzes statically indeterminate beams and provides support reactions, shear force, bending moment, deflection and stress diagrams' and is an website. There are more than 10 alternatives to Optimal Beam, not only websites but also apps for Windows, Linux and Mac. The best Optimal Beam alternative is FTOOL, which is free. Other great sites and apps similar to Optimal Beam are Beamax, Beam Analysis Program, JBeam and Delta Beam.

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  1. FTOOL icon

    FTOOL

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    FTOOL is a program that is aimed at teaching the structural behavior of plane frames, occupying an area little explored by educational programs, which are more concerned with the teaching of numerical analysis techniques, or educational versions of commercial programs, more...

    18 FTOOL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • FTOOL is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to Optimal Beam.

    • FTOOL is the most popular free alternative to Optimal Beam.

    • FTOOL is Free and ProprietaryOptimal Beam is Freemium and Proprietary
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    Beamax

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    Application for visually editing and analyzing continuous beam structures.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. JBeam icon

    JBeam

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    Java application for two-dimensional static and dynamic structural analysis.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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    • JBeam is the most popular Mac alternative to Optimal Beam.

    • JBeam is the most popular Open Source alternative to Optimal Beam.

    • JBeam is Free and Open SourceOptimal Beam is Freemium and Proprietary
  6. Delta Beam icon

    Delta Beam

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    Delta Beam has been developed to make the definition, solution and modification of 2D continuous beam problem data as fast and easy as possible. Analysis, up to and including calculation of maximum deflections and shear and moment, may be done on continuous beams constructed of...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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    • Delta Beam is the most popular commercial alternative to Optimal Beam.

    • Delta Beam is Paid and ProprietaryOptimal Beam is Freemium and Proprietary
  7. JT Beam icon

    JT Beam

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    Structural Analysis of multi-span statically indeterminate beams.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  9. cba icon

    cba

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    Continuous beam analysis - calculates member forces and support reactions of a continuous beam. it is based on CBA.m for matlab/octave by Colin Caprani

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  10. BAP icon

    BAP

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    Continuous beam analysis program that solves for reactions, shear, moment, top of beam stress, bottom of beam stress, deflection, and rotation at points along the length of the beam.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. CBeam R5 icon

    CBeam R5

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    Continuous beam software package that allows the user to solve statically indeterminate beam structures. Defining multiple span elements of varying elasticity’s with uniform, distributed and concentrated loading applications along with a variety of support conditions are all...

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. DTBeam icon

    DTBeam

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    Easy to use, continuous beam analysis program.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  13. EngiLab Beam.2D icon

    EngiLab Beam.2D

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    Powerful engineering tool for the structural analysis of plane (2D) frames for Windows, using a 3-DOFs (Degrees of Freedom) per node approach.

    18 EngiLab Beam.2D alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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