according to provisions of (EN 1993-3-1:2006). The standard procedure is complex and ambiguous.

A lot of
parameters affect the total wind action to a greater or lesser degree. Due to the limited length of this paper, it
was decided only to list the parameters affecting the load level without analytical formulas or the sequence of
calculations. These are the main parameters used in the analysis: 1) basic velocity pressure of wind of
0.30 kN/m2; 2) aerodynamic drag of each segment of the structure, being a direct function of the geometry of
the tower and its elements; 3) reference surface areas; 4) distinction between the actions for the supercritical
and subcritical flow around circular elements; 5) effective shielding coefficient of the tower walls
considering both structural elements and pieces of equipment; 6) quantity, upwind surface areas, and
aerodynamic drag of telecommunications equipment and cables.

Fig. 3. Wind action directions considered.

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Fig. 4. Models of tower structures with varying legs spacing.

It was decided to perform calculations for the two directions of wind actions shown in Fig. 3. In addition, 25
calculation models with distances between tower legs between 1.2 m and 8.4 m were built (using parametric
design options in the Dynamo software).

4. RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

The first conclusion that can be drawn from the results shown in Fig. 5 and 6 is quite obvious: the tower top
displacements tend to be smaller for larger leg-to-leg distances. What is more important, however, is that this
relation is non-linear. From the practical perspective and considering a simplified condition of the service
displacements, and H total tower height), in this case the
distance between the legs should be about 5.7 m. Quite small differences for cases no. 1 and no. 2 are also
notable.