Ponencia SLTE II. Caracas, Venezuela 2002

Guyed masts are complex structures and challenge the design phase; the structures are tall and very slender even though they are exposed to extreme wind and occasional ice load. 

The numbers of failures of guyed masts are significant higher than for other structures with similar complexity and this emphasizes the statement from many experts: “a guyed mast is one of the most complicated structures an engineer can face”.