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Improved Failure Mode Identification and Reliability Estimates for Electricity Transmission Towers

Xuwen An^1,2, Jianguo Hou³, P.D. Gosling⁴, Dong Dai⁵, Long Xiao⁶, Xiaoyi Zhou⁷

1 Associate Professor, Wuhan University, P. R. China, Email: anxw@whu.edu.cn
2 Visiting Researcher, Newcastle University, UK, Email: Xuwen.An@ncl.ac.uk
3 Professor, Wuhan University, P. R. China, Email: jghou@whu.edu.cn
4 Professor, Newcastle University, UK, Corresponding author Email: p.d.gosling@ncl.ac.uk
5 MEng, CITIC General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co. Ltd., Email: medusa.1313@163.com
6 MEng, CITIC General Institute of Architectural Design and Research Co. Ltd., Email: 550356107@qq.com
7 Researcher Associate, Newcastle University, UK, Email: xiaoyi.zhou@ncl.ac.uk