Success with
ModelSmart3D - Series 2 (towers) - Show 1
Slide No. 13
Design Concept
The Cantilever Analogy
One way to think about a tower is
by considering a cantilever truss with a vertical load
(P) that acts up and down and horizontal loads (C)
that cause compression in both the top and bottom chords.
P
(+ or -)
C
C
Cantilever
Truss
Top
Chord
Bottom
Chord
Sometimes it
helps to think of a tower in terms of the familiar beam.
Here (if the
tower was standing up ) “P” would be the wind or other lateral force and the
“C” forces would be the people or other vertical load.