Graduation Semester and Year

2015

Language

English

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Engineering in Aerospace Engineering

Department

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

First Advisor

Agonafer Dereje

Abstract

Design of new antenna mount with low effective projected area (EPA) and high load carrying capacity for telecommunication towers is the purpose of this thesis. The main aim is to reduce the EPA of the mount against the wind pressure direction at the desired elevation from ground by reducing the mount frame structure parts compared to the previous mount designs used in the market. The model in itself has to withstand its dead weight, operator’s weight along with five antenna-radio units. The new model has been designed with a single horizontal frame and four supporting structure for EPA reduction and also the EPA is calculated through Image Processing using MATLAB tool which has not been done previously for mounting structures in the telecommunication field. The stress and deformation results calculated using ANSYS 15.0 workbench tool and results are analyzed for von-mises stress criterion.

Disciplines

Aerospace Engineering | Engineering | Mechanical Engineering

Comments

Degree granted by The University of Texas at Arlington

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