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This article proposes a methodology for monitoring the structural stability of each tower of an electric power transmission line through sensor measurements which estimates the different situations that may indicate the need for intervention to prevent the structure collapsing. The extended Kalman filter was adopted to predict the failures, considering sensor fusion techniques such as the displacements of the upper central position of the tower above certain limits. The load of the stay cables is calculated from the natural frequencies, which are determined by the accelerometers connected to the cables. The average value of these forces, which must be higher than a normal limit, were calculated to predict a failure. All guyed towers of a power transmission line thousands of kilometers long will be individually monitored considering the methodology described in this study, which makes this article one of the first relevant research studies in this area. Typically, guyed towers must often be manually inspected to ensure that the stay cables have acceptable pretension to prevent a lack of stability in the transmission line towers.
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