Biginch, The problem is for a pipe to pipe connection, so it's a curved plate.
Most articles say that the doubler plate will increase the ultimate strengh of joint whether the brace is compression or tention brace(they do fem analysis and experiment).
I think the doubler itself and the...
Biginch, thank you for your answer.
Do you mean that a doubler plate is not necessary if the punching shear is enough even the brace is a temporary brace?
The doubler plates are used quite often for secondary attachments weld to main structure and the temporary connection. But i have the following questions about it:
1.why use doubler plate? Is it used to make the cutting of the attachemnts more easy? If so, can we cut the temporary 3mm awary...
