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U-Bolted Steel Splints

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VoyageofDiscovery

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Has anyone encountered or designed a steel splint such as an angle or channel u-bolted onto solid round diagonals of towers? How do you justify the "2% of axial load" lateral support of the diagonal against buckling with this type of configuration?
 
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