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Patrcia Luiza Moscon Freisleben

18 agosto 2016

Sum
ario
1 Experimental Modal Analysis

2 Dynamic behavior and stability of transmission line towers under wind forces

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Experimental Modal Analysis

The article explain some concepts about how structures vibrate and the use of some of the tools to
solve structural dynamic problems. Modal analysis is a process whereby we describe a structure in
terms of its natural characteristics which are the frequency, damping and mode shapes - its dynamic
properties.
Consider a freely supported flat plate. And apply a constant force on the plate. The response
amplifies as we apply a force with a rate of oscillation that gets closer and closer to the natural
frequency (or resonant frequency) of the system and reaches maximum when the rate of oscillation
is at the resonant frequency of the system.
The deformation patterns at the natural frequencies take on a variety of different shapes depending
on which frequency is used for the excitation force.
There are caracteristics that deppend on the weight and stiffness of structure which determine
where these natural frequencies and mode shapes will exist. Understanding the mode shape and
how the structure will vibrate when excited helps the design engineer to design better structures.

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Dynamic behavior and stability of

transmission line towers under wind
forces
A new analytical-numerical modelling has been applied to a chosen type of steel transmission line
towers (TLT): a conventional 32.86 m-high self-supporting tower. The dynamic characteristics of
the towers and the lateral movement of the eletric cables have brought up the importance of fluid
flow-cables-structure interaction when evaluating the towers behaviour under the action of wind
forces.
The tower structure and all cables were discretized with spatial frame elements. These elements
instead of the most commonly adopted truss elements were used in the discretization of the tower
structure to allow for the small bending stresses introduced by the rigid bolted connections which
may be important in the evaluation of the ultimate structural strength.
The suspension- rods formed by the chains of insulators were identified as the most important
component of the system when it comes to the analysis of wind flow and tower-lines coupled model
interactive dynamic behavior and response.
The authors realize that the presented results obtained with the proposed new modelling are just
a preliminary step for the better understanding of the mechanical behavior of transmission line
towers under the action of wind. The proposed model has yet to be augmented with appropriate
non-linear dynamics to allow for very large angular displacements of the suspension-rods and cables
to better describe what seems to be its actual interactive mechanical behavior
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