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| Language: | English |
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Zenodo
2026
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19739700 |
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- <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><strong><span>Abstract</span></strong><span>- Transmission line towers are one of the most important structural components in power transmission infrastructure, ensuring safe and uninterrupted transfer of electrical energy from generating stations to substations and load centers. The rapid growth in electricity demand, industrial development, and expansion of urban and rural electrification has significantly increased the requirement for economical, safe, and optimized transmission tower systems. Transmission towers contribute nearly 28% to 42% of the total cost of overhead transmission line projects, making structural optimization and material efficiency critical for sustainable power transmission development. The design of transmission line towers is governed by several factors such as tower configuration, bracing pattern, base width, height, wind zone, conductor arrangement, and foundation soil condition. Wind load remains the most governing and critical loading condition, while seismic load, ice load, temperature variation, and conductor load also influence the design. In recent years, advanced software tools such as STAAD.Pro, ETABS, and finite element modeling techniques have improved the accuracy and efficiency of transmission tower analysis. Moreover, modern research trends focus on alternative tower geometries such as triangular towers, guyed towers, tubular steel sections, and dynamic wind analysis considering tower-line coupling effects. This review paper critically examines the previous literature related to transmission line tower analysis, design, optimization, bracing system influence, section selection, dynamic wind response, and modern metaheuristic optimization techniques. The review highlights the importance of economical tower design and identifies research gaps related to nonlinear analysis, dynamic coupling effects, reliability-based design, corrosion degradation, and sustainable design approaches. Finally, the paper presents future scope and research opportunities for improving transmission tower performance, cost-effectiveness, and safety under extreme environmental conditions.</span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span> </span></p> <p class="MsoNoSpacing"> </p>