- Analysis in accordance with Australian, Canadian, and U.S. standards
- Simple tabular input
- Comprehensive and convenient tabular output
- Graphical output available through the MASTPLOTTM program
- Drawings of modeled tower available through the DRAWMASTTM program
- Compare the behaviour of several types of towers using various assumptions
- Study the influence of those assumptions on behaviour and stress levels
- Find the most critical wind direction for maximum rotations and stresses
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- Geometric description of towers using standard engineering terms and standard tower bracing types
- Panel oriented outline of mast geometry, allowing the description of large regions of the tower by entering only five individual values
- Loadings may be input either as concentrated forces at discrete elevations or as linearly varying forces distributed over any part of the tower height
- Forces may be applied anywhere in space and related to the tower centre using only two additional values
- Horizontal forces may be acting in any arbitrary direction with respect to the tower
- Loads of parabolic antennas may be input separately from other loads and uniquely identified
- Cross-section bracing members (in the horizontal plane) required to maintain stability are automatically assigned by the program where needed and the resulting forces are automatically reported
- 250 loading conditions may be submitted in one session, and the maximums of the resulting values separately tabulated
- The report is concise yet explicit. Results are presented in tabular fashion, with clear labels identifying each element of output, using standard tower engineering terminology
- Displacements of the tower centreline (not joints) are reported in terms of three translations and three rotations (including tower twist) along and about the three major axes
- Rotations of parabolic antennas are presented in a separate table and take account of the angle between the principal system axes and the direction of the antenna beam
- Member forces are presented by panel, by member type and by nature of the force
- Member forces may be reported for each member, for the member experiencing the maximum value only, or for both, using separate tables
- Foundation loads are reported for individual piers as well as for a common footing, and each separate component is printed and labeled so that the foundations and coupling may be properly sized
- The user may prepare data files in either Imperial or Metric units and request the output in either Imperial or Metric units
This is particularly useful in converting data from one set of units to the other
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Sample input and output for MASTTM is available in both HTML and PDF formats.
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