ANALYSIS OF ROOFTOP TELECOMMUNICATION TOWER OVER BUILDING IN EARTHQUAKE PRONE AREA

Abstract

Rooftop telecommunication towers are integral to modern communication networks. However, their placement on buildings in
earthquake-prone regions raises critical structural safety concerns. This study investigates the dynamic response of buildings supporting telecommunication towers during seismic events. For the tower configurations, triangular plan is selected. G+10 buildings without tower and with tower is taken into account and G+6 buildings without tower and with tower along with analyzed in compliance of Indian Code of Practice for seismic resistant design of buildings by using I.S. 1893-2002. The various models are assumed to be fixed at the base and are modeled using software STAAD Pro. Parameters for both building with and without tower are computed and compared with each other.