Electric Power ›› 2012, Vol. 45 ›› Issue (11): 65-69.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2012.11.65.4

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Nonlinear Dynamic Response Analysis of the Transmission Tower-Line System under Earthquake

HOU Jing-peng, CHEN Jia-bao, LEI Jun-fang   

  1. School of Civil and Architectural Engineering, Northeast Dianli University, Jilin 132012, China
  • Received:2012-09-30 Online:2012-11-18 Published:2016-02-29

Abstract: With the 5A-ZM4 cat-head transmission tower as an example, a finite element model of transmission tower-line system consisting of two towers and three lines is established by using ANASYS software. The dynamic characteristics of natural frequencies and vibration modes of the system are calculated and the influencing factors are analyzed. Based on 3 typical seismic records of Tianjin wave, EI-Centro wave and Shanghai artificial seismic wave, the peak values of the accelerations are scaled up to consider the nonlinear behaviors and plastic limit of transmission towers. The results show that the largest displacements on top of the tower are mainly concentrated between H/200-H/100 (H is the height of tower) in the nonlinear ultimate limit state under earthquake; and that the bars between the second and the third diaphragms of the tower fall first into elastic-plastic limit state and produce large plastic deformation, indicating a strong nonlinear characteristics of the system.

Key words: transmission tower-line system, dynamic characteristics, nonlinear, elastic-plastic, seismic waves

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