Research Article
Collapse Analysis of Transmission Tower Subjected to Earthquake Ground Motion
Table 6
Failure time of the transmission tower subjected to different PGAs.
| | PGA/m⋅s−2 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 24 | 26 |
| | First damaged time/s | No damage | 6.76 | 5.92 | 5.66 | 4.93 | | Element number | No damage | 138 | 139 | 359 | 349 | | Damaged time for 20% of members/s | No damage | 8.34 | 6.97 | 5.85 | 5.06 | | Time from first crack to collapse/s | No damage | 1.57 | 1.05 | 0.18 | 0.13 |
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