steveh49, thank you so much for your answer! Indeed, when I mean 'base' I mean the clamp supports (which might themselves impose some extra stress concentrations - horrible).
Indeed, intuitively it makes sense to splice the components further away from the supports, but the loading case (in...
Hello everyone! I have been tasked with designing an I-beam out of a web plate, horizontal flanges and L-shaped corner stiffeners (angles?) as individual parts, with bolted connections being the only ones allowed. The corner stiffeners transmit the loads and hold the web and the flanges...
