KeytoSuccessfulTowerInstallations.ppt

5/20/2005 KE1IH - YCCC John Corini - PE KE1IH BACKGROUND First Licensed as KA1MDG in 1983 One of The YCCC “Smaller” Guns Practicing Design/Structure Engineer of 25 years Currently an Aerospace Composite Structures Engineer for Pratt and Whitney Registered Professional Engineer in Mass. Have Design and “Stamped” Towers in Ma., Ct and NY. A Look At Computer Modeling Amateur Radio Towers - KE1IH Free Standing Tower Free Body Diagram Wind Loading Comparison 100 Foot Free Standing Tower Results Guyed Tower Free Body Diagram Tower Section Nodal Loadings Wind Loading ASCE/EIA RS-222 Antenna Drag Force Calculations Antenna Wind Loading – Cont. Antenna Drag Force CalculationsContinued Importance of Pretension in Guy Wires Importance of Pretension in Guy WiresContinued Importance of Pretension in Guy WiresContinued Importance of Mast Length Importance of Mast Length Computer Model of Rohn 25 TowerBeam Method Tower Deflection FEM Results Tower Bending Moments 80’ Rohn 25 at KE1IH QTH Tower Wind Load Distribution Tower Deflections Due To Wind Tower Deflections – Second TH6DXX Tower Bending Stress Due to Wind Bending Stress at Tower Top Tower Base Bending Stress – Single TH6DXX Tower Base Bending Stress – 2 TH6DXX Tower Axial Stress Tower Base Stress- Single TH6DXX Tower Base Stress- Single TH6DXX2 Guys Tower Base Stress- 2 TH6DXX Tower Base Axial Stress – 2 TH6DXX Tower Axial Stress at Tower Top Antenna and Mast Rotations Due to Torque Tower Base Stress Due to Self Weight K1ZM’s Cape Cod QTH Elevated Guy Anchor Elevated Guy Anchor Summary of Tower Base Axial Stress Contact Information – KE1IH KE1IH@ARRL.net This Presentation is available at: /Articles/articles.htm Max Tower Bending Stress is at the Base = 11,800 psi Base Fixed Base Fixed Max Tower Bending Stress is at the Base = 11,800 psi Max Tower Axial Stress is at the Base = 23,200 psi Base Fixed Max allowable stress per AISC = 23,400 Max Tower Axial Stress is at the Base = 27,500 psi Base Fixed Max allowable s