I have used a neat program "Beam 2D" to analyze beams for use in 
construction. It is very comprehensive yet pretty easy to use. A free 
evaluation version is available, see:

http://www.orandsystems.com/Trial/bm2d-trial-local.html

--  Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems

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