When reinforcing a beam by a adding a steel section (like putting an upside down channel on the bottom flange of an H beam), is there any standard on the spacing of welds or bolts to ensure that both beams will work as one?
If multiple lifting points are used for circular, symmetrical load (with the CG at its center), is it viable to consider that more than 3 points share the load?
Let's say I want to lift with 8 equidistant lifting points, would each point take 1/8 of the total load?
This is, of course, without...
