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Authors
Affiliations
1 Senior Research Fellow, Mechanical Engineering Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru - 560 080, IN
2 Engineering Officer, Mechanical Engg. Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bengaluru - 560 080, IN
Source
Power Research, Vol 11, No 1 (2015), Pagination: 171-176
Abstract
Guyed towers are special structures widely used in communication industry as antenna supporting structures. A guyed tower is a nonlinear structural system in which the mast, consisting of single beamcolumn or multiple members are supported elastically at various points along its height by inclined pretension cables with their ends anchored to the ground. In this paper the wind loads on 120 m tall guyed tower are estimated with three different codes of practices, Indian Code, American Code and British Code. The estimated wind loads are compared and brought out in this paper.
Keywords
Basic Wind Speed, Dynamic loads, Gust Factor, Guyed Tower, Guy Ropes
