[TowerTalk] Guy Strain

[Tom Rauch]

Well, just be sure to check this out because math is my weak 
area...but I believe it is the sideways force on the tower over the 
cosine of the angle between the guyline and ground. 

Add the static tension to that value.

For a 45 degree guyline angle and 1000 pounds of side load, it is 
1000 over cos45 or 1414 pounds of load in the line from sideforce 
plus the initial tension.

So if you short-guy the tower so the angle between the guyline and 
ground is 70 degrees, force is 1000/cos70 or 2924 pounds.

Plus the static tension of course.

 
73, Tom W8JI
w8ji@contesting.com

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