Collapse Mechanism of Transmission Tower Subjected to Strong Wind Load and Dynamic Response of Tower-Line System

Junkuo Li, Fan Gao, Lihuan Wang, Yaning Ren, Chuncheng Liu, Aiquan Yang, Zhao Yan, Tao Jiang and Chengbo Li
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Junkuo Li: State Grid Hebei Economic Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Fan Gao: State Grid Hebei Economic Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Lihuan Wang: State Grid Hebei Economic Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Yaning Ren: State Grid Hebei Economic Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, China
Chuncheng Liu: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
Aiquan Yang: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
Zhao Yan: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
Tao Jiang: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China
Chengbo Li: School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China

Energies, 2022, vol. 15, issue 11, 1-18

Abstract: Transmission towers are prone to collapse under strong wind load, resulting in significant economic losses. In order to investigate the collapse mechanism and failure modes of the transmission tower under strong wind load and whether the wind vibration factor can greatly reflect the increasing effect of the fluctuating wind, the finite element method (FEM) is utilized to analyze the ultimate bearing capacity of a typical 220 kV transmission tower. The results show that the collapse of the tower under strong wind loads is usually due to the buckling of the leg members. When the reference wind speed is equal to 27 m/s, a small part of the main leg members reaches their yield strength, while the diagonal members are still in the elastic range, and the deformation of the transmission tower is unapparent at this wind speed. When reference wind speed is equal or greater than 30 m/s, the growing variety of main legs is totally into the plastic yield stage, and the overall deformation of this tower is visible. Therefore, the transmission tower is collapsed due to the large deformation caused by the elastic-plastic buckling of leg members. Based on the aforementioned study, a finite element model involving three transmission towers and four span transmission lines is established to analyze the dynamic response of the tower-line system below fluctuating wind. Results show that the wind-induced coefficients designed by current code not only notably satisfy the stress response of tower components subjected to fluctuating wind loads in the elastic phase but also accurately assess the collapse displacement of the transmission tower. The increasing effect of displacement on the top tower under fluctuating wind, unfortunately, could not considerably reply with the investigated factor, and the load-carrying capacity of the transmission tower in the plastic phase can be overestimated by static calculation results.

Keywords: transmission tower; tower-line system; collapse mechanism; wind load; dynamic response (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q Q0 Q4 Q40 Q41 Q42 Q43 Q47 Q48 Q49 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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