Development of a software for sizing tube type foundations for transmission line towers

Abstract

Electricity is an indispensable resource for modern life. In this sense, since the transmission lines are responsible for transmitting energy or signals over long distances and in view of their importance in the context of the electric sector in Brazil, it is essential to develop a well-designed project for these buildings, ranging from its foundation to elements that compose them. The present work presents the development of a software to assist in the design of the elements of foundations of self-supporting towers of transmission lines according to the standards in force in the country using the Python programming language. To validate the results obtained by the implemented software, an application example is presented with the results compared to those obtained from an analytical solution.