At 05:26 PM 4/18/03 -0400, Chuck Counselman wrote:
" Can someone, say, in the tower industry cite a publication that we can
read?"
You might want to take a look at K7NV's web site for his Yagistress
software. Kurt has published a very interesting study there of guyed tower
mechanics, using finite element analysis software to assess how placement
of wind loads and guy points affects stress concentrations and potential
failure modes. While little of this is directly applicable to
self-supporting towers, with or without guy wires, the article does serve
to illustrate the complexity of the problem. Kurt has another article on
the site with some very interesting observations about various guying
materials, their characteristics, and things like pre-tensioning.
73, Pete N4ZR
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