Behaviour of guyed transmission line structures under downburst wind loading

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 249-268

  Shehata, A Y ^a   El Damatty, A A ^b  

^a Atomic Energy of Canada Limited Mississauga   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Downbursts; Finite element; Microbursts; Transmission line; Transmission tower; Wind load

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY LAYERS; ELECTRIC POWER TRANSMISSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; WIND EFFECTS;

DOWNBURSTS; MICROBURSTS; TRANSMISSION LINE; TRANSMISSION TOWER; WIND LOADS;

ELECTRIC LINES;

EID: 34748915353     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2007.10.3.249     Document Type: Article

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