guy wire design
guy wire design
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hi!
so im new here and in the civil industry as well.
i was required to determine number of guy wires and its specifications to tie down a retractable/swivel conveyor during typhoons.
this is situated on the dock for loading of copper concentrates. the assumed wind velocity during typhoon is about 312 kph.
i really dont know how to go about this
please help me..some guidelines? or examples?
so im new here and in the civil industry as well.
i was required to determine number of guy wires and its specifications to tie down a retractable/swivel conveyor during typhoons.
this is situated on the dock for loading of copper concentrates. the assumed wind velocity during typhoon is about 312 kph.
i really dont know how to go about this

please help me..some guidelines? or examples?






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and this forum was the last option I saw..
Thanks for the replys guys...
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It is truly surprising that more engineers and companies don’t get in serious trouble for taking this approach to solving/designing real engineering problems/projects. You should know better, even if your bosses don’t, and you should have the balls (actually engineering ethics) to say you can’t do this without some local and knowledgeable guidance from someone with real experience at this kind of design. Just because they call you an engineer, doesn’t mean you can design anything and everything with out some help, until you actually learn how. While E-Tips is a wonderful place to ask general engineering questions, and to get broad brush answers which give you some general guidance or direction for approaching your problem, there is no way someone half way around the world can see all of the local conditions or understand all of the local variables which should be included in a complete design. And, obviously you don’t know how to pull all of this together either. You should not be doing this project alone, and you should tell your boss you just can’t with your level of experience, but you do want to learn how, with the proper mentoring and guidance.
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the problem is solvable, though as noted above, this isn't the best place for it. I mean, people have been tieing things down for a long time ...
1) assume a windspeed (maybe a spec value, maybe 100 mph)
2) assume an area it's acting on (maybe lash down every 10', so each lashing reacts W*10*X lbs)
3) develop a Free Body Diagram (to show how the wind load is being reacted)
4) spec guy wires (= lashings) to be Y*the load calc'd in 4) (1<Y<n)
a lot of asusmptions !
ps, leave town before the next typhoon!
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Sorry Needelson for the tough love, but you have been put into a bad situation. Please follow our advice and talk to your superiors about hiring an experienced engineer, or you may have to try and find a job with a real mentor who can guide you in your career and really teach you the ropes.
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till the next thread then
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