Abstract:The intense coupled and nonlinear behaviors were observed on the tall longspan towerline systems which were under the icing and wind loads in heavy icing areas. A set of stiffness equations of insulator, conductor and boundary conditions was deduced. Taking the ±800 kV UHV DC transmission line from Xiangjiaba to Shanghai as an example, the simplified numerical model of transmission tower, conductor, insulator and constraint was developed. The long span transmission towerline system models under seven loads conditions were analyzed by static nonlinear methods. It was found that the PΔ effect of tower components was small when the covered ice was uniformly distributed. The unbalanced wire loads on the tower would lead to twist effect when the covered ice was uneven distributed. The axial forces, moments at restraint nodes and the longest cantilever member were greatly affected by the PΔ effect, under which the unfavorable effect on the structure should be considered.