Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies
The multiplicity of targets of the 5G and further future technologies, set by the modern societies and industry, lacks the establishment of design methods for the highly multidisciplinary application of wireless platforms for small cells. Constraints are set by the overall energy concept, structural...
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| author | Donato Di Vito Mikko Kanerva Jan Järveläinen Alpo Laitinen Tuomas Pärnänen Kari Saari Kirsi Kukko Heikki Hämmäinen Ville Vuorinen |
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| description | The multiplicity of targets of the 5G and further future technologies, set by the modern societies and industry, lacks the establishment of design methods for the highly multidisciplinary application of wireless platforms for small cells. Constraints are set by the overall energy concept, structural safety and sustainability. Various Smart poles and Light poles exist but it is challenging to define the design drivers especially for a composite load-carrying structure. In this study, the design drivers of a composite 5G smart pole are determined and the connecting design between finite element modelling (FEM), signal penetration and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for thermal analysis are reported as an interdisciplinary process. The results emphasize the significant effects of thermal loading on the material selection. The physical architecture, including various cutouts, is manipulated by the needs of the mmW radios, structural safety and the societal preferences of sustainable city planning, i.e., heat management and aesthetic reasons. Finally, the paint thickness and paint type must be optimized due to radome-integrated radios. In the future, sustainability regulations and realized business models will define the cost-structure and the response by customers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-03b726890fa64e51bbf29c047992a1542023-11-20T18:50:41ZengMDPI AGApplied Sciences2076-34172020-10-011021759410.3390/app10217594Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless TechnologiesDonato Di Vito0Mikko Kanerva1Jan Järveläinen2Alpo Laitinen3Tuomas Pärnänen4Kari Saari5Kirsi Kukko6Heikki Hämmäinen7Ville Vuorinen8Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, FinlandFaculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, FinlandPremix Oy, FI-05200 Rajamäki, FinlandDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Espoo, FinlandFaculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences, Tampere University, FI-33014 Tampere, FinlandDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Espoo, FinlandDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Espoo, FinlandDepartment of Communications and Networking, Aalto University, FI-00076 Espoo, FinlandDepartment of Mechanical Engineering, Aalto University, FI-00076 Espoo, FinlandThe multiplicity of targets of the 5G and further future technologies, set by the modern societies and industry, lacks the establishment of design methods for the highly multidisciplinary application of wireless platforms for small cells. Constraints are set by the overall energy concept, structural safety and sustainability. Various Smart poles and Light poles exist but it is challenging to define the design drivers especially for a composite load-carrying structure. In this study, the design drivers of a composite 5G smart pole are determined and the connecting design between finite element modelling (FEM), signal penetration and computational fluid dynamics (CFD) for thermal analysis are reported as an interdisciplinary process. The results emphasize the significant effects of thermal loading on the material selection. The physical architecture, including various cutouts, is manipulated by the needs of the mmW radios, structural safety and the societal preferences of sustainable city planning, i.e., heat management and aesthetic reasons. Finally, the paint thickness and paint type must be optimized due to radome-integrated radios. In the future, sustainability regulations and realized business models will define the cost-structure and the response by customers.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/21/7594tubular compositesfinite element analysiscomputational fluid dynamicswireless communicationsignal attenuation |
| spellingShingle | Donato Di Vito Mikko Kanerva Jan Järveläinen Alpo Laitinen Tuomas Pärnänen Kari Saari Kirsi Kukko Heikki Hämmäinen Ville Vuorinen Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies Applied Sciences tubular composites finite element analysis computational fluid dynamics wireless communication signal attenuation |
| title | Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies |
| title_full | Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies |
| title_fullStr | Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies |
| title_full_unstemmed | Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies |
| title_short | Safe and Sustainable Design of Composite Smart Poles for Wireless Technologies |
| title_sort | safe and sustainable design of composite smart poles for wireless technologies |
| topic | tubular composites finite element analysis computational fluid dynamics wireless communication signal attenuation |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3417/10/21/7594 |
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