Snow Pack and Ice Loading Require Careful Study in Tower Designing.

Communications News | June 1, 1984| | Copyright

Many articles have been written on the subject of snow loads, icing, cold temperatures and the like. It would take a good-sized textbook to completely cover the subject. In this article, i'd like to address a few of the areas based on my experiences, with the hope of enlightening other engineers and managers on some of the considerations of snow pack and icing design, as they apply to microwave towers and other structures.

Let's first look at what we should consider as snow pack. In many regions of the north, and even in mountainous regions of the south, there is ...

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