Analysis of Telecommunication Tower with Different Bracing System
摘要整理
Due to the high increase in the telecommunication business, number of buildings carrying a roof top tower has been increased rapidly. Most of the building were not originally designed to carry a roof top tower, but later converted to carry roof top towers due to the changed requirements. In the present work an attempt has been made to study the behavior of buildings with roof top tower in the event of an Earth Quake using STAAD pro. A typical residential building is considered for the analysis. Three towers with height 9m, 18m, and 27m is considered for the study. The building is analyzed by using different types of bracing system for respective heights.Telecommunication towers are categorized among the tallest man-made structures and can be found standing high on every parts of the globe with different heights and purposes. Towers are the tall steel framework construction used for different purposes such as communication tower, radio transmission, power transmission air traffic controls etc. The bracing members are arranged in many forms, which carry solely tension, or alternatively tension and compression. Towers are subjected to gravity loads and horizontal loads. The higher the structure, the more it is exposed to lateral loads such as wind load, since it has higher tendency to sway. If the bracing is weak, the compression member would buckle which leads to failure of the tower. A comparative seismic study between buildings with roof top towers is done to find out the most effective bracing system in the form of deflection.