A hybrid numerical method to calculate the sag of composite conductors

Electric Power Systems Research

Volumn 76, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 389-394

  Alawar, A ^a   Bosze, E J ^a   Nutt, S R ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

Author keywords

ACSR; Composite conductor; Graphical sag method; Numerical sag method; Overhead conductor

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRIC LOADS; ELECTRIC POWER DISTRIBUTION; ELECTRIC POWER SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; STRAIN; STRESS ANALYSIS;

ACSR; COMPOSITE CONDUCTORS; GRAPHICAL SAG METHOD; NUMERICAL SAG METHOD (NSM); OVERHEAD CONDUCTORS;

ELECTRIC CONDUCTORS;

EID: 31344448860     PISSN: 03787796     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.epsr.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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