Structural steel design of a transmission tower
- Τίτλος
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Structural steel design of a transmission tower
- Θέμα
- Electricity
- Steel
- Structural design
- Δημιουργός
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Zacheou, Katerina
- Πηγή
- Higher Technical Institute
- Εκδότης
- Το πλήρες κείμενο είναι διαθέσιμο από το Υπουργείο Ενέργειας, Εμπορίου Βιομηχανίας και Τουρισμού.
- Ημερομηνία
- 2007
- Δικαιώματα
- Απαγορεύεται η δημοσίευση ή αναπαραγωγή, ηλεκτρονική ή άλλη χωρίς τη γραπτή συγκατάθεση του δημιουργού και κάτοχου των πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων.
- Μορφή
- Γλώσσα
- en
- Τύπος
- text
- Αναγνωριστικό
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CED0429
- Σύνοψη
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Design of structural steel members has developed over the past 95 years from a simple approach involving a few basic properties of steel and elementary mathematics, to a sophisticated treatment demanding a through knowledge of structural and material behaviour.
The increasing need of people for electricity lead to the design and development of the transmission towers for a more direct and easier access of electricity into homes.
In this project, a transmission tower will be designed with the programme of Staad.Pro.
Staad.Pro is the most popular structural engineering software product for 30 model generation, analysis and multi-material design. Staad. Pro uses software for structural analysis and design. The Staad. Pro Graphical User Interface (GUI) is normally used to create all input specifications and all output reports and displays.
1.2 STEEL STRUCTURE
For the project I have chosen a steel structure due to the fact that steel has several advantages comparing other materials. For example a steel structure costs less than
other materials or a steel structure can be completed earlier. On the other hand, steel has also some disadvantages. For example steel has less fire resistance.
1.3 STRUCTURAL DESIGN
Structural design may be defined as a mixture of art and science combining the experienced engineer's intuitive feeling for the behaviour of a structure with a sound
knowledge of the principles of statics, dynamics, mechanics of materials, and structural analysis to produce a safe, economical structure that will serve its intended
purpose.
1.4 STRUCTURAL ELEMENTS
Transmission towers are constituted of distinct elements:
1. Beams (carrying lateral loads in bending and shear)
2. Columns (carrying axial loads in compression)
3. Trusses
4. Bases
- Πολυμέσα
- CED0429.pdf