How would you make the channels work in the solution of human909? How would you get the load to transfer to those channels? Is it just a matter of getting a lot of pre-tensioned bolts, and connect the bodies by friction?
mathcad 15 is still a very capable software, I'm sure you can find it if you look for it. Mathcad prime is an IP based moneygrab.
The rage last year in programming was "programming notebooks", one example is https://jupyter.org/. It combines code, results and graphs into one notebook, that you...
Perhaps de-lamination of the base plate becomes an issue when increasing the thickness of the base plate.
Without gussets should be more fatigue resistant because continuous geometry. However, the load is not continuous: the base plate (assumed bolted) is bolted on the "ground". These bolts are...