Guidelines for electrical transmission line structural loading / prepared by the Task Committee on Structural Loadings of the Committee on Electrical Transmission Structures of the Structural Engineering Institute of the American Society of Civil Engineers ; edited by C. Jerry Wong, Michael D. Miller

Published: Reston, Va. : American Society of Civil Engineers, [2010]
Copyright Date: ©2010
Edition: 3rd ed.
Physical Description: xi, 191 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm.
Additional Creators: Wong, C. Jerry, Miller, Michael D., and American Society of Civil Engineers. Task Committee on Structural Loadings

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ASCE manuals and reports on engineering practice ; no. 74.

Contents

1. Overview of Load Criteria -- 1.0. Introduction -- 1.1. Principal Systems of a Transmission Line -- 1.2. Loads and Relative Reliability -- 1.3. Wire Systems -- 1.4. Limit States Design -- 2. Weather-Related Loads -- 2.0. Introduction -- 2.1. Extreme Wind -- 2.2. High-Intensity Winds -- 2.3. Ice and Wind Loading -- 3. Additional Load Considerations -- 3.0. Introduction -- 3.1. Construction and Maintenance Loads -- 3.2. Fall Protection Loads -- 3.3. Longitudinal Loads -- 3.4. Structure Vibration -- 3.5. Conductor Galloping -- 3.6. Earthquake Load -- 4. Wire System -- 4.0. Introduction -- 4.1. Tension Section -- 4.2. Wire Condition -- 4.3. Wire Tension Limits -- 4.4. Calculated Wire Tension -- 4.5. Loads at Wire Attachment Points -- 4.6. Extreme Wind on Wire System -- 4.7. Combined Wind and Ice on Wire System -- 5. Examples -- 5.0. Latticed Suspension Tower Loads -- 5.1. Weight Span Change with Blow-out on Inclined Spans -- 5.2. Traditional Catenary Constant -- App. A. Definitions, Notations, and SI Conversion Factors -- App. B. Limitations of Reliability-Based Design -- App. C. Numerical Constant, Q -- App. D. Conversion of Wind Speed Averaging Time -- App. E. Supplemental Information on Structure Vibration -- App. F. Equations for Gust Response Factors -- App. G. Supplemental Information on Force Coefficients -- App. H. Supplemental Information on Ice Loading -- App. I. Supplemental Information on Special Loads -- App. J. Investigation of Transmission Line Failures.

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9780784410356 (alk. paper)
0784410356 (alk. paper)

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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