Failure analysis of a transmission tower during a microburst

Wind and Structures, An International Journal

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 193-208

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

^a ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LIMITED   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Downburst; Failure; Finite element; Microburst; Transmission line; Transmission tower; Wind

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SYSTEM RECOVERY; ELECTRIC LINES; FAILURE ANALYSIS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; FLUID STRUCTURE INTERACTION; NUMERICAL MODELS; STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS; TOWERS; WIND;

CRITICAL CONFIGURATIONS; DOWNBURSTS; FIELD OBSERVATIONS; MICROBURSTS; NON-LINEAR FINITE ELEMENTS; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE; PROGRESSIVE FAILURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION TOWER;

STRUCTURAL DESIGN;

EID: 67649525907     PISSN: 12266116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/was.2008.11.3.193     Document Type: Article

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