Recent content by dratcliff

Well the tower could be tapered, but going by the axial compression tables should'nt need to be as steel will reach a height of just under 4,000 metres... provided you could supply full artificial lateral restraint. So then if you could achieve even 2,000 metres, tapering would give you 4,000...

http://groups.msn.com/TrussTesting/towerormast.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=154"

I should mention that the design for the thermal tower was an earlier one, before I put this all together as it is now... It would actually be much lighter. The main ingredient is the two sets of diagonal bracing... There is no need for the outer chord to be a compression member, where it only...

Cyclovenom, Well for a start you would not need any scaffolding as the steel design http://groups.msn.com/TrussTesting/towerormast.msnw?action=ShowPhoto&PhotoID=150" has external posts and webbing, so can be used instead. They were planning on using a slip form for the concrete and would...

I am assuming that as the tower would be fully rigid it would also be fully earthquake and cyclone proof... and as it would be tapered, the upper section would have some give and be allowed to sway slightly... absorbing the energy from an earthquake. Yes, it's not that far from where I live...

Hi, I just popped into see if there are any budding young engineers here (hope I got the right forum) interested in helping with a problem that I have been nutting out over the years... Hope your forum can help. It is all about controlling sway and buckling of members and gaining the full...