Optimization of Rigidly Supported Guyed Masts

Table 3

The main optimal parameters of the best 3 solutions for 2 to 5 guys’ clusters masts (m: total mass of the mast, kg; : side of the mast, m; : number of sections; : tilt angle of bracing elements, deg; : attachment level of the ith guys’ cluster; : anchoring distance of the ith guys’ cluster, m; : tilt angle of the guy at the ith level, deg; : prestress force at the ith guy level, kN; : prestress at the ith guy level, MPa; : radii of the leg, bracing, and guy elements, mm).

	2 guys’ clusters			3 guys’ clusters			4 guys’ clusters			5 guys’ clusters
	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd	1st	2nd	3rd
	10983	11007	11009	6941	6951	6956	5862	5904	5912	5459	5523	5523
	1.18	1.18	1.14	0.86	0.87	0.90	0.69	0.75	0.75	0.69	0.67	0.63
	57	57	59	72	74	71	82	81	77	91	85	85
	35.5	35.5	35.5	37.7	36.8	37.0	40.2	38.2	39.9	33.3	40.1	42.1
	18	18	20	16	17	16	15	12	13	13	11	11
	49	49	51	35	37	34	33	31	28	27	24	26
				65	67	64	54	50	50	45	41	43
							77	75	72	67	61	62
										86	80	80
	23.4	25.1	25.7	18.5	18.2	18.3	15.5	11.8	12.0	7.7	9.9	9.1
	39.3	39.3	36.5	31.8	33.6	32.3	26.6	22.5	24.5	15.6	15.9	19.0
				57.4	52.3	57.2	44.1	40.1	51.7	35.5	36.6	36.1
							53.9	58.7	58.5	55.5	58.5	49.8
										60.8	70.4	65.4
	37.5	35.6	37.9	40.9	43.0	41.1	44.0	45.5	47.3	52.4	47.9	50.4
	51.3	51.3	54.4	47.7	47.8	46.5	51.2	54.1	48.8	58.1	56.4	53.9
				48.6	52.0	48.2	50.7	51.3	44.0	51.3	48.2	50.0
							55.0	52.0	50.9	51.2	46.2	51.2
										52.9	48.6	50.7
	27.7	25.5	28.9	10.6	12.5	12.1	9.10	9.30	20.0	8.01	23.0	26.4
	20.1	21.8	17.7	10.7	9.40	10.3	7.80	12.2	8.80	5.39	12.8	14.0
				12.8	11.5	12.7	9.60	8.80	11.1	8.99	13.7	9.80
							9.10	10.5	9.60	11.4	11.8	10.1
										8.90	10.0	10.2
	361	331	375	138	163	157	119	120	260	104	299	343
	262	283	230	139	122	134	101	159	114	69.8	166	182
				167	149	165	124	114	144	116	179	127
							118	136	125	147	154	131
										114	130	132
	28.0	28.0	28.0	22.5	22.3	22.5	20.6	20.3	20.8	19.1	19.7	19.4
	12.0	12.0	12.0	10.0	10.0	10.2	8.6	9.0	8.9	8.1	8.2	8.1
	8.1	8.2	8.3	5.5	5.6	5.5	4.9	4.95	4.8	4.6	4.4	4.6