Investigation and Development of a Three-Dimensional Transmission Tower-Line System Model Using Nonlinear Truss and Elastic Catenary Elements for Wind Loading Dynamic Simulation

Table 8

One-span eight-line tower top maximum displacement difference corresponding to NLTc-ANSYS model at different wind speeds and wind angles.

	Maximum displacement (m)
	Absolute	Difference (%)
	NLTc-ANSYS	NLTc-MATLAB	ECE-MATLAB	ANSYS auto-gravimetric
S10 m/s A00	0.0132	0.0298	0.0293	0.0023
S10 m/s A30	0.0112	0.0067	0.0053	0.0072
S10 m/s A90	0.0453	0.0931	0.0814	0.0427
S20 m/s A00	0.0455	0.0534	0.0528	0.0024
S20 m/s A30	0.0709	0.0079	0.0090	0.0063
S20 m/s A90	0.1610	0.0813	0.0901	0.0126

S: wind speed; A: wind angle.