Various Transmission Tower Analysis & Design Using Professional Software

Abstract

Towers and tower like structures are literally speaking the ‘pillars' of the infrastructure for transmission of electrical power, telecommunication and broad casting. Substantial savings in material and total cost can be achieved through the selection of efficient structural configuration and rational and optimum designs without compromising on the structural safety and reliability of towers. Formex algebra programs has been developed which, are capable of generating single and double circuit transmission tower. A software has been developed in Visual Basics which, is capable of computing various loads and load combinations specified by the current IS specifications for Transmission towers. The developed software is tested on three large problems and optimal designs have been compared with the results of commercial software "Staad Pro”.