TSE TOWER TRANSMISSION TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS

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1 TSE TOWER TRANSMISSION TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS TSE TOWER is one of the applications of the TSE Tower Structural Engineering group of products. The TSE TOWER is a powerful and comprehensive Microsoft Windows program for the analysis and design of steel transmission structures, such as transmission latticed towers and electrical substations to a range of international standards. An extensive library of panel types allow for quick creation of the structure through parametric tools. TSE TOWER is the result of more than 3 years of research and development based on our 3D structural analysis technologies.

2 t STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS TRANSMISSION TOWERS STRUCTURES SAFI TOWER includes powerful and productive features for generating any type of latticed transmission tower. Engineers can now model faster than ever using the parametric wizard generator and Panel libraries. Panels can be defined by the user through Panel Editor, or selected from a standard panel library. Standard libraries also include materials and sections.

3 STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS STRUCTURES SAFI TOWER includes many advanced features for generating any type of steel substation structures. Beams and cross arms can be easily created using the automatic generation wizard.

4 STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS ADVANCED ANALYSIS TSE TOWER includes a wide range of advanced analysis methods such as linear, non-linear, P-Delta, buckling, natural frequencies, seismic and dynamic analysis. Wind and ice loads can be computed automatically in accordance with many international loading codes. The load generator wizard allows the user to easily create basic loads, loads and load combinations.

5 STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS MEMBERS DESI GN Member capacities may be checked against the international design standard ASCE Extensive types of checks performed by the program include slenderness, buckling, connection strength, anchor rod strength, tensile and compression strengths. The user can optionally checks bending, shear and torsion strengths. TSE TOWER is a powerful solution to do advanced design of tower and substation.

6 Mz (kip-ft) Disp Z (in) STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS POWERFUL RESULTS AND DIAGRAMS TSE TOWER provides you with rich inquiry tools to review the results on screen and an exhaustive set of results and diagrams. It displays compression curves, deflection, axial forces, torsion, bending moments and stress diagrams. Also, it displays results numerically by means of tables. Customizable and easy to create reports generation is provided in several formats. E-3 Disp Z vs. Position Position (in) Mz vs. Position Position (in)

7 . STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS KEY FEATURES MODELING FEATURES Available in English and French. Metric, imperial and mixed units systems are allowed and can be modified at any time. Wizard driven parametric physical model generation for : o Square and rectangular selfsupporting towers o Substation structures Extensive database of standard sections and materials (ASCE, CISC, European), and more than 3 nonstandard section shapes. Library of standard panels types with facilities to create user-defined ones. Graphical-based modelling commands such as linear copy, rotation copy, mirror, move, extrusion, member subdivision and member attachment. Rigid connections can be created to stiffen beam to column or beam to beam connections. Models can be edited graphically or by means of spreadsheets. V-cable element. Loading for joints, members including concentrated, uniform, trapezoidal and thermal loads Loading for surfaces and finite element plates Automatic calculation of drag coefficients, gust factors, topographic parameters and escalate ice thickness Display loads graphically and detailed wind and ice loads parameters can be displayed in numerical tables Analysis methods in TSE TOWER include: o Static linear o P-Delta o Static non-linear o Buckling o Natural frequencies o Seismic and dynamic Automatic handling of tension-only members KEY FEATURES ANALYSIS FEATURES Automatic generation of dead, ice and wind loads to the following standards: o ASCE o IEC o CAN/CSA-C22.3 No Uniform wind pressure profile and uniform thickness ice profile User-defined wind pressure profiles United States county listings of design criteria for wind, wind with ice, and ice

8 STRUCTURAL MODELING, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF STEEL LATTICED TOWERS AND ELECTRICAL SUBSTATIONS KEY FEATURES DESIGN FEATURES Available design provisions include ASCE 1-97 standard. Members are checked against their ultimate strength in accordance with the selected code, Design check include: o Slenderness ratios o Buckling length o Tension o Compression o Connections (shear, bearing, block shear) o Anchor rods Anchor rod can be design checked for ASCE 1-97 and CAN/CSA S16-9 standards. Calculation of the equivalent loads on footings Can optionally check members according to LRFD-99 for : o Bending o Tension-bending o Compression-bending o Shear o Torsion o Warping Profile optimization of selected members allows to test different section shapes, grade and materials types KEY FEATURES RESULTS AND REPORTS FEATURES Towers can be shown as lines, wire frames or can be rendered as 3D polygon surfaces. Results can be visualized either graphically or numerically. Input data and results may be printed for the whole structures or partial structures using graphical selection or a range of elements. Customized list of input and results to be printed. TSE TOWER provides an exhaustive set of results features that include graphical views, diagrams, spreadsheets and text reports. All graphics can be printed or copied to the clipboard for use in external programs. Reports are available in several formats including: o Microsoft Word reports o Microsoft Excel Spreadsheets o ASCII files Comprehensive manuals and helps. Can export the model to: o AutoCAD o SDNF CONTACT SAFI QUALI TY SOFTWARE I NC. 3393, Sainte-Foy Road Quebec City QC Canada G1X 1S7 P Canada & USA F info@safi.com OF I NNOVATI ON STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGIES