Wood pole overhead lines

Wood Pole Overhead Lines

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-337

  Wareing, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bare conductor; Component susceptibility; Condition assessment; Condition monitoring; Conductor sag; Covered conductor; Cross arm design; Failure analysis; Foundation design; Foundations; Inspection; Inspection technique; Insulated conductor; Lightning protection; Line construction; Line susceptibility; Live line working; Overhead line conductors; Overhead line failure; Overhead line mechanical characteristics; Pole design; Poles and towers; Power overhead lines; Probabilistic design standard; Tension; Weather load; Wood; Wood pole decay mechanism; Wood pole overhead line

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; CONDITION MONITORING; DECAY (ORGANIC); FAILURE ANALYSIS; FOUNDATIONS; INSPECTION; LIGHTNING; LIGHTNING PROTECTION; OUTAGES; OVERHEAD LINES; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

BARE CONDUCTOR; CONDITION ASSESSMENTS; CONDUCTOR SAG; COVERED CONDUCTOR; CROSS ARM; DECAY MECHANISMS; FOUNDATION DESIGN; INSPECTION TECHNIQUE; INSULATED CONDUCTOR; LINE CONDUCTORS; LIVE LINE WORKING; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; POLES AND TOWERS; POWER OVERHEAD; PROBABILISTIC DESIGN; TENSION; WOOD POLE;

POLES;

EID: 85013059230     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1049/PBPO048E     Document Type: Book

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