Reuse_reinforcing-without-effective-load-transfer

Timber beam with steel channel reinforcing. While load can be transferred into the channels through bearing of the purlins on top of the channels, that same load cannot be effectively transferred out of the channels to the column—the single bolt at the end is poorly located and completely insufficient for the load involved.

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