Question: Calculation of quality load for tower equipment
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1. How are the mass load segments divided, and how many segments are appropriate? 2. How is the mass load for each section calculated and distributed? Thank you, all fellow sailors, for helping to clarify this!
Tower segmentation: The section from the base to the head girth should be considered as one segment. The calculation software treats a tower with uniform diameter as a single segment; if the diameter varies, it certainly cannot be divided into just one segment. Sections where the diameter changes should be regarded as separate segments. In short, as long as the segmentation is reasonable, it does not affect the results. For towers with uniform diameter, whether the cylinder is divided into one segment, two segments, three segments, etc., it has no impact on the calculation results
The original poster should take a good look at the examples given in the standard definition of the tower, and then the problem will be solved
The more segments there are, the more accurate the calculation will be; however, it’s not necessary to use too many segments – 6 to 20 segments is generally sufficient. Higher mode shapes can be treated separately, and following the example problems will suffice