[TowerTalk] guy wire analysis

[Pat Thurman]

RoadRunner wrote:

> sometime ago I was tooling around the net and found a very nice document on
> guy wires and tower systems. If I recall properly the author used FEA to
> detail the effects of cable size and type (steel vs philly), winds,
> placement, loading, and mounting. It talked of stretch (which made me
> conclude that I did not want to use Philly) among other things.
> Unfortunately I cannot find this document again. Any help out there?

Might you be looking for Kurt Andress' fine site?
http://yagistress.freeyellow.com/towers1.html
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73, Pat K7KR



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