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100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range
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100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

(OP)
Does anyone have any direction or resources that would help me in  a project I'm involved where nets are spanning between built up columns 100' tall spaced at 50'.  

A mesh will span the sides as a wall to prevent golf balls but will take wind pressure.

Another line of columns/wall occurs 200' away and a roof of mesh spans between.  Mesh will be supported by cables.

Any info. would be greatly appreciated.

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

Design your poles per Std. Specs for Structural Supports for Hiway Signs,..... per ASSHTO.

Just develop your loads; ie. net weight, pretrensioning of cables, some sort of wind on the netting and full wind on the poles themselves.   Use your local area wind criteria.  

Develop some pole deflection criteria.   I once did a series of poles embedded in a earth dam being constructed.  Just the electric lines between the poles pulled the end poles over a foot or so.  (The poles supported a light bank for the earth moving equipment that worked 24/6.)  

100 foot poles are pretty common.  We've designed free standing flag poles over 400 feet.

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

There are a few companies that specialize in fabricating the poles.  They will also design the poles and foundations.  If you go this route (performance spec), ask for the design to be submitted for approval and review the foundation design thoroughly, as we disagreed with the submitted design.  

Our job is 3 years old and the netting is failing in two ways.  The contractor (and inspector) did not understand the importance of installing the steel cables correctly.  They are snapping due to fatigue at the supports.  Also, the nets were manufactured poorly , and the attachment to the perimeter cables is failing due to abrasion.

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

Is it feasible or economical to use "precast" columns?

Do you have to design the cabling and the fittings?

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

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One way to account for wind pressure on the netting is to look at the similarities of netting and chain link fencing. The Chain Link Fence Manufacturers Institute offers this guide
http://codewriters.com/asites/page.cfm?pageid=904&;usr=clfma
Most of it does not apply to your situation, but the assumptions on pages numbered 3 and 4 could be considered. The calculations are a little old, based on the 1995 edition of ASCE 7.

www.SlideRuleEra.net idea

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

I go by a driving range everyday. I cannot believe they have not thrown in the towel. Every winter it is virtually destroyed by ice build up tearing down the nets. Then there is the above mentioned abrasion problem. And enough balls go through the netting that you have to sign a release to personally cover damage to passing cars.

Mike

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

As we found out, a warranty is useless if the netting manufacturer declares bankruptcy.

Ask the netting supplier to design for ice load, unless the owner agrees to remove the nets in the winter.  Also, design for wind on ice.  We didn't find any code which specified the wind load, so we made up our own. We called for 2 load cases; 80 mph wind on 12% solid area, and 40 mph on 90% solid area, with ice load.  The second case governed.

RE: 100' Super Column at Golf Driving Range

(OP)
Thank you everyone.  We have decided to take the performace spec route.  THanks for the great info. above.
Brian

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