- 2074 Chaitra · 7 marks
Moment of guy wire forces about tower base
Short answer
Compute wire force components at the tower top using wire length 670.8 m. Sum the forces and take moment about O: M_O = 4025i − 6971j kN·m, magnitude 8050 kN·m, with no twisting moment about the tower axis.
Three guy wires are used in the support system for a television transmission tower that is 600 m tall. Wires A and B are tightened to a tension of 60 kN, whereas wire C has only 30 kN of tension. What is the moment of wire forces about the base O of the tower? The Y axis is collinear with AO. [Figure: tower of height 600 m (z axis) with base O; wires A, B, C anchored on the ground at 300 m from O; angles of 120° between the wire anchor lines, wire C at 30° from the x axis.]
Assumptions from the figure: the tower is along z, height 600 m, top T(0, 0, 600). The three wires are anchored on the ground at 300 m from O, 120° apart in plan. The y axis is collinear with AO, so A is on the −y axis: A(0, −300, 0). Wire C is 30° above the x axis in plan, and B is symmetric with it: C(300 cos 30°, 300 sin 30°, 0) = (259.8, 150, 0), B(−259.8, 150, 0). Tensions: T_A = T_B = 60 kN, T_C = 30 kN.
Length of each wire
L = √(300² + 600²) = 670.8 m
Wire forces at the top (direction from top to anchor)
F_A = 60 (0, −300, −600)/670.8 = ( 0.00, −26.83, −53.67) kN
F_B = 60 (−259.8, 150, −600)/670.8 = (−23.24, 13.42, −53.67) kN
F_C = 30 (259.8, 150, −600)/670.8 = ( 11.62, 6.71, −26.83) kN
Resultant: ΣF = (−11.62, −6.71, −134.16) kN
Moment about the base O
All forces act at the top, r = (0, 0, 600) m, so M_O = r × ΣF = (0, 0, 600) × (−11.62, −6.71, −134.16)
Mx = 0×(−134.16) − 600×(−6.71) = +4025 kN·m
My = 600×(−11.62) − 0×(−134.16) = −6971 kN·m
Mz = 0
|M_O| = √(4025² + 6971²) = 8050 kN·m
Answer: M_O = 4025 i − 6971 j kN·m (magnitude 8050 kN·m). The moment vector lies in the horizontal xy plane, so there is no twisting moment about the tower axis.
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