Question: The guyed tower shown in Figure ( 1 ) is fixed at the base and supported by two guys. The height of tower is =

The guyed tower shown in Figure (1) is fixed at the base and supported by two guys. The height of tower is =30. The guys are hinged at the base at a distance =10 measured from the tower base. The tower cross section is WWF2000x732, and the guy diameter is 20mm. The modulus of elasticity of tower and guys are 2.06\times 105 MPa and 1.97\times 105 MPa, respectively. The specific gravity of steel is 7850/3. The tower is holding a machine at its top having a mass m equal to 350\times 103.Assume the machine vibrates with a harmonic excitation in the form of (=0) where 0=300, and =0.2. The structural damping is 0.2%:a)Calculate the natural frequency of the structure assuming SDOF system, where the mass is lumped at the top point of tower and no prestress force is applied to the guys.b)Evaluate and draw the time history response (displacement and acceleration) due to the harmonic excitation using the closed-form solution.c)Calculate the effective damping ratio of an external damping device needed to maintain the amplitude of vibration to be less than H/500.d)Calculate the maximum stresses in the WWF section due to the harmonic excitation (with the addition of the external damping device).e)If the guys are prestressed, recalculate requirements (a),(b) and (c), and the prestress force needed to maintain no slack in the guys.
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The guyed tower shown in Figure ( 1 ) is fixed at

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