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For Telecommunication Tower/Transmission Towers, the following

informationisimportant>StaadprocanalsousedforMonopoles.

GeneralInformation
Analysisdoneusuallyconfinedtolinearstaticanalysisas2ndorderanalysisisusuallyneglected.Howeverlinear
staticanalysisdoesnotdirectlyreflectthetruecharacteristicsofsuchstructures,especiallythetallerandlighter
theyare.Hereisitveryimportanttorunapdeltaanalysisanditseffectsaresignificantwhenyoustudyvarious
geometrycombinationsbasedofseveralwidthsandbracingconfigurations.Theresultsbetweenlinearstaticandp
deltacandiffergreaterthen60%andStaadProcancatertotheserequirementsaccuratelyandcanhandleGlobal
elementstiffnessmatrix(K)for2ndOrderelasticanalysis(Pdelta).

Effectsofconnectionrigidityandsecondarybracingsneedtobeinvestigated.Verticalloads,longitudinalloads,and
transverseloadsneedtobeaccountedforincludingtopographyfactors,wind,seismic,transmissionlineloadings,
etc...Alltheseloadsneedtobeinputbytheusermanually.

ForGuyedTowers,usershavetheoptiontodoalinearanalysisonthetowerstructuresandanonlinearcable
analysisontheguywires.HoweverforGuyedTowerfoundations,youneedStaadFoundationAdvancedwhich
canhandleGuyedTowerFoundations(Americancodesupportedforthisaspect)usingtheStaadFoundation
advancedtoolkitmode.

FoundationDesign
The latest version of Staad Pro is also supplied with general foundation design modules from the older Staad
Foundationversion5.3whichisasfollows:

Pilecapdesign
Isolatedfooting

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Combinedfooting.

The footing design here can handle partial uplift, sliding and overturning checks for Telecommunication tower
foundations.

Howeverifyoudohaverequirementforwindspectralanalysis,wedonotsupportit.

StaadProWorkFlow:
1.Modelingthestructure.Creatingthestructuralgeometryandcables(specifycabletype,etc....)

2.Assignmaterialpropertiestothemembers

3.AssignSupports

4.Assignloading

5.Runstaticanalysisandcheckdisplacements(includingfortowerlegs)

6.Runapdeltaanalysis

7.Runwindloads,seismicloads,etc....

8.Runvariousloadcombinations

9.Foundationdesignrequirements>overturning,sliding,upliftchecks>UsegeneralFoundationdesignmodules
thatcomewithStaadPro(latestversion)

10.ForGuyedTowerFoundations,youneedStaadFoundationadvanced,whichcanalsohandlethegeneral
foundationdesignmodules.

DesignCodesSupported
ThosepurchasingStaadProgetanyonesetofdesigncodesforfree.EachStaadProlicensepurchasedcan
thereforecomewithadifferentsetofdesigncodesandthesedesigncodescanbesharedbetweenStaadPro
licenses.

IwouldliketoconfirmthatSTAADProsupportsthefollowingAmericancodesforTelecommunicationTowers:
providedyougettheAmericancodes

1.ASCE1097
2.ASCE52

ForBScodes,usersgetBS8110,BS59502000part1,BS5950part5andshearwalldesign

HoweverinthecaseofStaadFoundationadvanced,usersgetalldesigncodessupportedbytheprogramwhich
includesChinese,British,American,Australian,Indian,EurocodesandCanadiancodes.

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