المجلة الدولية للعلوم والتقنية

Transmission lines towers are the most important life line structures which transmits the power from electricity source production to different places for several purposes. Transmission lines towers carry a heavy electrical transmission conductor at a safe enough height from ground. In addition to the tower weight, it must withstand all the natural forces such as; strong wind, earthquake and snow load. Therefore, transmission line towers should be designed considering for both structural and electrical to meet the minimum requirements of safe and economic design. The present work investigates the tower structural integrity through the determination of maximum stresses and deflections. In this study, the tower's parameters, such as height, width, wind speed, dead load and angle section are considered as a constant value and analyzed using a general finite element package, Ansys17.2 software. Model material used is mild steel with ultimate strength of 345MPa. Results show a maximum deflection of 3.5 mm located at the tower's tip which is relatively logical and the maximum Von Misses stress value of 311MPa. This gives a substantial safety margin for the tower structure