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

Energies

Chuncheng Liu¹  Chengbo Li¹  Zhao Yan¹  Tao Jiang¹  Aiquan Yang¹  Yaning Ren²  Junkuo Li²  Lihuan Wang²  Fan Gao² 

[1] School of Civil Engineering and Architecture, Northeast Electric Power University, Jilin 132012, China;State Grid Hebei Economic Research Institute, Shijiazhuang 050000, China;

关键词: transmission tower;    tower-line system;    collapse mechanism;    wind load;    dynamic response;   

DOI  :  10.3390/en15113925

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

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.

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