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Idea to reduce tower guy wire footprint | 9 comments (9 topical, editorial)
Re: Idea to reduce tower guy wire footprint (3.00 / 0) (#5)
by zinguvok (gmail.com is where zinguvok is at) on Sun May 11th, 2008 at 07:36:08 PM MST
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Very salient comment about fall zone. I would be inclined to use the space amongst the guy wires for farming or something similar which would not be seriously harmed were the tower/mill to fall on it. While it's unlikely that such an A-frame tower would fall towards one of its un-guyed sides, it is a serious matter.

Even in light of this consideration, though, A-frame towers would still be worth thinking about for sites where locating the side guys is unfeasible. Ridge tops come to mind, if they aren't too turbulent.

Does anyone actually know what kind of forces turbines of given sizes apply to their towers under given wind loads? This would be handy information to have...

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Re: Idea to reduce tower guy wire footprint (3.00 / 0) (#7)
by Ungrounded Lightning Rod on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 08:50:51 PM MST
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A mill comes close to putting the same wind load on a tower as a solid wind-facing wall the size and shape of the swept area.

So treat it like a sign mounted on a tall pole or tower.  B-)

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Re: Idea to reduce tower guy wire footprint (3.00 / 0) (#8)
by SparWeb (sparweb at ANTISPAM_hotmail_com) on Mon May 12th, 2008 at 09:16:54 PM MST
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...Plus a couple of other forces... gyroscopic forces... vibration...
Steven Fahey
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Idea to reduce tower guy wire footprint | 9 comments (9 topical, 0 editorial)

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