The uneven subsidence of the independent foundation of the transmission tower often happens in the coal mining area, which causes serious threat to the safe operation of transmission lines. In this paper, the finite element analysis is carried out for a certain 220kV tower-ling coupling system, and the effects of the different kinds of earth deformations on the structure responses are studied. The results show that the contribution of the vertical displacement of the foundation to the variations of the internal forces of the tower is quite small and the resultant stress does not exceed its critical value. However, in the same load conditions, when the distance of root span changed or asymmetry settlement is overexertion, the truss member stress of the cross braces exceeds the yield strength of the materials and occurs yield deformation.
One collapse tower of 110 kV transmission line was taken as an example and a finite element model for the coupled tower-line system was established for investigating the effects of the strong wind on the transmission tower and line. The result shows that the selected standard of material of some rod members is lower, and the area of their section is relatively small. Main legs present buckling instability because of being in compression under action of the strong wind, which leads to the collapse accident of the towers.
By finite element software ANSYS a model of GIS busbar tube was established for investigating the effect of the gas pressure on the shell. The results shows that the stress concentration degree is higher on the shoulder between the main tube and the branch pipes under the internal pressure and the gravity, and the highest value is 44.92MPa which is far lower than the admissible stress. Stress changed along the thickness direction, and its value decreased gradually from the inside out. The distributions of the strain and deformation are similar to that of the stress.
Taking the finite element software ANSYS as the analyzing platform, a finite element model of the ZB39 glass-shaped tangent tower model was established and static wind load was precisely applied by means of a sectional-loaded method. After analyzing its static characteristics, it was put forward that the effect of weight of transmission line could be neglected while doing design analysis under the maximum wind. What is more, with increase of the tower height, the axial stress in the main members of the tower dropped. The axial stress in the tower leg was the biggest and the tower structure had crucial impact on the members.
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