Success with
ModelSmart3D - Series 2 (towers) - Show 1
Slide No. 18
Column Size
Usually there is a mix of lateral and vertical
load.
Maybe we could widen it a bit to take care of the some
lateral
load and make the columns chunkier to take the vertical load.
The ratio of the
vertical load to the lateral load helps to determines if the columns should
be straight or sloped.
(Sloped column
towers are harder and more expensive to design and build due to the
complexity of the connection details.You might want to consider this when planning your model.)
What about the
location of the horizontals in the tower.How many levels of bracing should we have?