Finite Element Analysis of Micro Wave Tower With Different Sections

Abstract

The communication industries have seen a tremendous increase in last few years .The four legged self supporting towers are widely used in worldwide for the communication purposes. Which have resulted in installation of large number of towers to increase the coverage area and network consistency. The project is done to describes the analysis and design of microwave tower of 60 meter height with different cross section (I, C, Hollow circular section) for seismic along with the wind effect. Validation of finite element model was done by performing two-bar truss analysis by finite element computation using ANSYS. This study intends to implement finite element analysis via mechanical APDL package of ANSYS to the structure that is subjected to wind and seismic load. The structure was modeled by using CATIA software. ANSYS result of tower structure with hollow circular section produces least displacement and shear stress than I and channel sections.