[BC] The Worst I've Ever Seen!

[Mark Humphrey]

Stainless (among other tower fabricators) uses "beam column analysis"
to perform structural studies on guyed towers, a method which assumes
the guys to be "nonlinear elastic supports" -- i.e. springs.

However, the downwards force created by the guys and weight of the
tower steel should be sufficient to keep a tower from "bouncing".
Many guyed tower bases sit on a pin or socket (no welds or bolts) and
I've never heard of these lifting off the foundation if properly
maintained.

Of course, the feet of self supporters ARE subject to lifting forces
under certain conditions.

Mark

On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Gary Glaenzer <gglaenzer at hqradio.com> wrote:
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> From: <RichardBJohnson at comcast.net>
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>> That catenary formed by the wires supporting it.
>
> those aren't springs, but if you want to believe they have enough elasticity to allow the
> tower to bounce, please continue............
>