Stiffener

The geometry of stiffener is defined by the position and the shape. There are two option:

rectangular stiffener (the left hand side of the picture below),
triangular stiffener (the right hand side of the picture below).

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Possible positions of stiffeners are summarised in the following table and shown in the accompanying pictures.

Rectangular stiffener

1	column web, at top side
11	closing plate at top side
2	column web, at bottom side
3	column web, between bolts
4	column web, diagonal
5	beam web, at haunch end

Triangular stiffener

6	column web, at top side
7	column web, at bottom side
8	column web, between bolts
9	beam web, at haunch end

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