If a cable is used to support uniform loads in a catenary with fixed supports, the cable tension can be determined. What happens to the cable tension if the length and total load is doubled but a vertical support only is added in the middle? I think it stays the same but it does not seem correct.
I have a horizontal bracing member under compression load and it is to be connected using a "L-shaped" gusset plate to two beams connected to the column. I am concerned about the plate buckling or folding under the compression load. I think I should be stabilizing the plate vertically so that...
