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EFFECT OF ROOFTOP MOUNTED TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER ON

DESIGN OF THE BUILDING STRUCTURE
Faria Aseem1, Abdul Quadir2

1Assistant professor at Lords Institute of Engineering and Technology Hyderabad, India

2Senior Structural Engineer Hyderabad, India

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Abstract: The increase in demand of telecommunication multiple functions is significant, these buildings can be
towers caused due to technological advances with the called multi-use. Local authorities commonly maintain
compulsion to provide efficient communication. Consequently, strict regulations on commercial zoning, and have the
telecommunication sector in the country has expanded authority to designate any zoned area as such. A business
rapidly. In today’s era the mobile sector is growing must be located in a commercial area or area zoned at least
dynamically and trend of mobile communication is partially for commerce.
increasing day by day.
People are structurally illiterate and want to install the
Generally for telecommunication purpose, the four legged telecommunication tower on the existing buildings for the
supporting tower are used widely. Nowadays mostly the sake of additional earning without caring for public safety.
telecommunication towers as we see are mounted on Such installed tower are the potential hazards for the public
rooftops of structures like commercial buildings, hotels and and may cause fatal accidents.
etc.
This study is aim to find out if the forces in
In this paper we have presented the results of design of (G+3) telecommunication tower design to be installed at ground
commercial building of plot area 144 sq.m with level is similar to the tower design with building model.
telecommunication tower mounted on its rooftop. Tower is of
height 12m and the loads which are considered are dead load, Also to find out if the load on building structure is nominal
live load and wind load. and can withstand the by the building elements easily or
not.
The concrete design was carried out by IS 456-2000, SP-16 &
the steel design was carried out by IS 800-2007 by using II. LITERATURE REVIEW
STAAD PRO software. The design with chosen structural
sections found to be safe and the structure withstand all the Amiri and Boostan (2000) studied the dynamic response of
above mentioned design loads. antenna-supporting structures. In this regard, self-
supporting steel telecommunication towers with different
Keywords CommerciaL Building, Telecommunication heights were evaluated considering the wind and
tower, STAAD PRO. earthquake loads. A comparison is made between the
results of wind and earthquake loading. These comparisons
I. INTRODUCTION resulted in the necessity of considering earthquake loads in
tower analysis and design.
Radio masts and towers are, typically, tall structures
designed to support antennas (also known as aerials) for Nitin Bhosale (2012) has carried out the seismic response
telecommunications and broadcasting, including television. of 4 legged telecommunication towers under the effect of
There are two main types: guyed and self-supporting design spectrum from the Indian code of practice for zone –
structures. They are among the tallest man-made IV. The axial forces of the tower member were considered
structures. Masts are often named after the broadcasting and comparison between roof top mounted tower and
organizations that originally built them or currently use tower supported at ground had been performed to find out
them. In the case of a mast they are called radiator or the difference.
radiating tower, the whole mast or tower is itself the
transmitting antenna. They are also known as
Telecommunication towers. Richa Bhatt (2013) carried out study on the influence of
modelling in lattice mobile towers under wind loading
A commercial building is a building that is used for wherein the towers are analyzed for gust factor wind.
commercial purpose. Types can include office buildings, Displacements, Member forces and maximum stress have
warehouses, or retail (i.e. convenience stores, big box stores, been compared to find out the effect on towers.
shopping malls, etc.). In urban locations, a commercial
building often combines functions, such as an office on
levels 2-10, with retail on floor 1. When space allocated to

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III. PLAN AND SPECIFICATIONS

A. Building specifications

Type of building Commercial Building

Height of the building 12m
Number of stories Four (G+3)
Floor-to-Floor height 3m
Materials M25 for beams
M30 for columns
Fe-415 for steel
Column size 450mm × 360mm Fig 3. Assigning beam and column properties
Beam size 360mm × 300mm
Depth of Slab 150mm

B. Tower specifications

Height of tower 12m

Location Centrally located on rooftop
Beams I-section

C. Commercial building with tower

Fig 4. Rendering view of beams and columns

Fig 5. Assigning tower property

Fig 1. Existing structure

IV. RESULTS AND DISCUSSIONS

Modelling

Fig 6. 3D rendering of whole structure

Fig 2. Assigning beam property

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Fig 7. Assigned plates for slab

The bay frame building structure was modelled, Steel

tower was modeled centrally upon it. The bay frame
selected is of G+3, each storey of height 3 metres. The tower
is of height 12m.

V. RCC DESIGNING

Fig 9. Member 1 continued

Fig 8. Main steel summary of member 1

Fig 10. Member 1 continued

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Fig 11. Main reinforcing bars of member 1

Fig 12. Scheduled bars of member 1

RCC Column Design

Fig 14.Column Main reinforcement continued

Fig 15. Column main reinforcement continued

Fig 16. Column Schedule bars of member 41

Fig 13.Column main reinforcement

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VI. STEEL TOWER MEMBER DESIGN VII. CONCLUSIONS

It is been observed that the loads on RCC structure are not

nominal and cannot be withstand by the existing member
and need proper design check of the RCC structural
member before installation of telecommunication tower on
the existing structure.

Considering the importance of the additional external loads

due to telecommunication tower on a building structure, it
is been concluded that the design of the columns get
effected tremendously hence the telecommunication tower
should not be installed on the building which are not
designed for such loads.

Further, rooftop towers cannot be based on analytical

results obtained for a similar configuration situated at
ground level, since the member forces in the tower
mounted on rooftop are more than the member forces of
tower installed at ground level.

If ever it is been decided to install the telecommunication

tower on the existing building, it is essential to check the
design of building model with communication tower before
installation otherwise structural failure may cause fatality
to the victims as the structure is quit heavy and may cause
the fatal injury.

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Fig 17. Sample member Steel design track of member 262
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Fig 18. Sample member Check of member 262

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