[TowerTalk] Real numbers for Rohn BX-64 Re: guying

[Steve Maki]

I wrote:

> OK, I thought about that for quite a while (not all day
> though - I actually worked today!). Went to a couple
> of web sites that seemed to offer free physics lessons.
> Drew some diagrams, got a headache but it started make
> sense, then checked it with one of my down home
> experiments using a step ladder for a one dimensional
> tower. Of course the ladder flexes, so I couldn't really
> test the concept of a perfectly rigid beam.

BTW, the page I stared at the longest was this one:

http://structsource.com/analysis/types/beam.htm