Steel structures - Foundations for towers and masts

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Gérard PHILIPPONNAT : Engineer from the École Spéciale des Travaux Publics - Technical Manager, SOPENA

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The foundations of masts and pylons differ from those of conventional civil engineering structures in that they are predominantly subject to pull-out or horizontal forces, which in turn are associated with overturning moments at the head of the foundation.

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articles in the Geotechnics. Soil and rock mechanics of this treatise;
overhead lines [D 4 420] to [D 4 439] .

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Steel structures - Foundations for towers and masts

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(1) - CASSAN (M.) - Les essais in situ en mécanique des sols. - Tome II. Eyrolles (1978).
(2) - - DTU 13-12 : Règles de calcul des fondations superficielles. CSTB, mars 1988.
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