RESEARCH ARTICLE
Progressive Collapse Analysis of Power Transmission Tower Under Earthquake Excitation
Li Tian*, 1, Wenming Wang1, Ruisheng Ma2, Lei Wang3
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2013Volume: 7
First Page: 164
Last Page: 169
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-7-164
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501307010164
Article History:
Received Date: 30/5/2013Revision Received Date: 6/8/2013
Acceptance Date: 7/8/2013
Electronic publication date: 31/10/2013
Collection year: 2013
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Abstract
Collapses of power transmission towers had usually taken place in previous large earthquake. The collapse process of a power transmission tower under earthquake excitation is studied in this paper. Using international finite element software ABAQUS, the three-dimensional finite element model of the power transmission tower is created based on a practical engineering. Three typical seismic records are selected. The progress collapse processes of the power transmission tower under different seismic excitations are simulated using the nonlinear time history method. The collapse paths and failure positions of the power transmission tower are obtained under different seismic excitations. The results can provide reference for seismic design of power transmission tower which can prevent the collapse of the power transmission tower.