[Towertalk] Climbing Masts

[Bob]

Force(weight) = GmM/r^2s, one becomes lighter as one climbs...
G=G=6.67390 x 10-11 m3/kg/s2
M=mass of earth
m=climbers mass
r=distance between mass centers

you are talking shear stress,tower parallel to the geoid
no need to climb, it will be on the ground :-)

Hisashi T Fujinaka wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Nov 2002 K7LXC@aol.com wrote:
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>>A 240' person on the mast isn't anywhere close to that sort of stress.
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> Actually, body weight is proportional to the cube of the height, so
> (240^3/6^3)*240 = 15360000#, or about a seven-thousand ton person. So I
> think a two-hundred-forty foot person would put quite a stress on a tower.
> :)
>