Title:
Design Analysis and Testing of Nanjing's TV Tower
Author(s):
Ding Dajun and Ren Zhenhua
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
16
Issue:
11
Appears on pages(s):
42-44
Keywords:
concretes; dynamic tests; earthquake intensity; seismic design; static tests; wind loads; Design
DOI:
Date:
11/1/1994
Abstract:
The 310-m-tall Nanjing TV Tower was constructed between 1988 and 1993. It is supported by three slightly inclined branches of legs with four-room box sections and incorporated into a space frame with seven coupling ring beams. It may be the first tall prestressed concrete TV tower in the world with this type of space frame. The static and dynamic analyses were made by using fixed end moments. The design of the tower was governed by wind loads, not seismic loads.