Monopole Towers: Design, Features, Advantages, and Applications

A self-standing tall steel structure composed of a single large-diameter steel pipe and a platform, with its main body mostly being welded steel pipes with circular or polygonal cross-sections

Main features

The cross-section of the plug-in single-tube tower body is generally a regular 12-sided to 16-sided shape. It adopts external climbing, and the ladder is set on the outside of the tower body

Applicable wind pressure

0.35 KN/m2.0.40 KN/m2.0.45 KN/m2.0.50 KN/m2.0.55 KN/m2.0.65 KN/m2

Applicable height

30m, 40m, 45m

Advantages

The shape is simple and beautiful. It occupies a small area. Mechanical installation can be adopted, with a short construction period. The wind load type coefficient is small and the force-bearing performance is good. The plug-in connection can be relocated and reused

Disadvantage

High cost; It has high requirements for the construction site and on-site conditions (generally giving priority to the installation of cranes). The individual components are relatively large and have high requirements for secondary transportation. There are many weld seams, and the quality control requirements are high

Applicable scenarios

It is applicable to urban areas, suburban areas of cities, residential communities, universities, commercial areas, scenic spots, industrial parks, newly-built development zones, roads, transportation hubs and other regions where the proposed site area is relatively small and the landscape requirements are high.

Construction period

The tower body installation takes 3 to 5 days. The foundation construction takes 30 to 40 days

Basic form

Depending on the geological conditions, the main foundation forms that can be adopted for single-tube towers include: independent foundation, pile cap foundation and rigid short column foundation.