Location
St. Louis, Missouri
Date
02 Jun 1993, 9:00 am - 12:00 pm
Abstract
A nondestructive vibratory testing using impulsive tension slacking has been devised for the quality and safety control of overhead line towers of Electricité de France. Several structural control experiments have been conducted on four-legged towers resting on three types of foundations: concrete stepped or pedestal blocks, steel piles and prestressed foundations. Experimental results have given significant vibratory signatures in close connection with the geotechnical response characteristics of both slender structures and their foundations. This paper presents some significant results of the test program of safety evaluation of the pylon.
Department(s)
Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering
Meeting Name
3rd Conference of the International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Document Version
Final Version
Rights
© 1993 University of Missouri--Rolla, All rights reserved.
Creative Commons Licensing
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 License.
Document Type
Article - Conference proceedings
File Type
text
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Luong, M. P., "Safety Evaluation of Overhead Line Towers" (1993). International Conference on Case Histories in Geotechnical Engineering. 52.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/icchge/3icchge/3icchge-session01/52
Safety Evaluation of Overhead Line Towers
St. Louis, Missouri
A nondestructive vibratory testing using impulsive tension slacking has been devised for the quality and safety control of overhead line towers of Electricité de France. Several structural control experiments have been conducted on four-legged towers resting on three types of foundations: concrete stepped or pedestal blocks, steel piles and prestressed foundations. Experimental results have given significant vibratory signatures in close connection with the geotechnical response characteristics of both slender structures and their foundations. This paper presents some significant results of the test program of safety evaluation of the pylon.
