Abstract:Wind and rain loads exert a significant influence on the safety of the transmission towerline system. In this paper, the dynamic characteristics of the towerline coupling system in a 110 kV transmission line under wind and rain loads are analyzed. Firstly, the finite element model of a 110 kV transmission towerline system is established in Ansys software, and the modal analysis is carried out. Combined with the theory of Davenport wind speed spectrum and rain load, the windrain coupling load corresponding to the loading node is generated in Matlab. The dynamic response of the towerline system under this coupling load is studied, and the results of its dynamic response under different wind direction angles and with or without rain load are explored. The results show that the grounding wire increases the stiffness of the towerline system as a whole, but because of its strong ‘galloping effect’in the horizontal direction, the coupling effect in the horizontal direction and the alongline direction is different. The wind direction angle of 90 ° is the most unfavorable wind direction angle of the towerline system, and the dynamic response of the towerline system reaches the maximum value. In the case of rainfall of 20 mm/h, the dynamic response range of the towerline system will be increased by about 5 % ~10 % considering the rain load. The effect of rain load on a single tower is almost negligible, which mainly increases the dynamic response of the towerline system by aggravating the galloping effect’of the ground wire.