From: "Kinney John-r17512" <J.Kinney@freescale.com>
Subject: Triangular Crank-Up Wind Load Model
I have a question pertaining to my Hy-Gain HG52SS tower or any other
tower of this type for that matter. The question: Does anyone have a
model or has anyone attempted to model the wind loading of this type of
tower, at heights less than full extension? This tower is rated at 9
square feet at 50 MPH average wind speed. It would be interesting, to
me at least, to see a graph or table stating the increase in wind load
capacity as the tower is lowered to its resting height (21 feet.) I
asked this question via email directly to Hy-Gain, after their purchase
by MFJ, but never received a reply.
Thanks for the bandwidth.
73's
John Kinney KA7CVJ
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John,
A lot of work has been done and published on this exercise. If you have
EXCEL, I can send you a application that will compute the survivable wind speed
at
various heights and tower loads. These data can then be plotted to show wind
vs height for a family of loads.
Email me direct if you would like a copy of this Excel File.
Regards,
Norman W4QN
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