LOADING FEASIBILITY TEST Clause Samples

LOADING FEASIBILITY TEST. The Loading Feasibility Test for a Tower is carried out for any antenna system configuration, comparing the overturning moment (HEPATOT) and shear force (SEPATOT) at the base of a Tower, induced by the actual Equipment installed (the existing antenna configuration immediately prior to the installation, replacement or modification of Equipment, the “Existing Antenna Configuration”) and the proposed Equipment to be installed (the proposed antenna configuration immediately after the proposed installation replacement or modification of Equipment, the “Proposed Antenna Configuration”). For the avoidance of doubt, the determinations in the preceding sentence assume that no additional Equipment is placed on the Tower by Users, Owner or other third parties between the determination of the Actual Antenna Configuration and Proposed Antenna Configuration referred to therein. The Loading Feasibility Test is not actually providing the Utilization of the Tower, but only determining the overall reactions at the base, and it can be carried out for every modification of antenna systems, excluding the cases where local bending of structural members has to be considered as per paragraph 3.4.1 in TIA EIA 222-G 2005 (example, MW dish ³ 6ft installed on a single tower leg) in which cases a Loading Analysis should be performed to assess member Utilization with reference to structural limit states. The loads for the Loading Feasibility Test shall be determined as follows. The following assumptions shall apply: • No shielding considered • Each Appurtenance (except Microwave Antenna dishes, antenna mounts and all the items attached to the Tower but not instrumental for its use) having the axis of symmetry of its biggest horizontal transversal section aligned perpendicular to the direction of the wind The following formulas are a simplified method to determine the Effective Projected Area of Appurtenances on Towers: