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    The document summarizes Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) design ice criteria. It outlines the history of BPA's ice testing from 1952-1997, presents their current ice map-based criteria established in 1982, and notes the importance of ice criteria for designing transmission infrastructure to withstand ice loads. It also raises questions about potential future updates to ice maps or design criteria based on experience, as well as further research on rime ice.

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    The document summarizes Bonneville Power Administration's (BPA) design ice criteria. It outlines the history of BPA's ice testing from 1952-1997, presents their current ice map-based criteria established in 1982, and notes the importance of ice criteria for designing transmission infrastructure to withstand ice loads. It also raises questions about potential future updates to ice maps or design criteria based on experience, as well as further research on rime ice.

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    Design Ice Criteria

    Maggie Emery, PE
    Bonneville Power Administration

    July 28, 2009


    Calgary
    Towers, Poles & Conductors Meeting
    Design Ice Criteria - BPA

    Outline
    • History
    • Present State
    • Future
    Importance of Ice Criteria

    z Used in the design of towers, wires and


    hardware
    z Avoid over-estimating and under-estimating
    z NESC
    BPA Service Map
    NESC
    History

    Test Span at
    Stampede Pass 1952-1972
    History
    z Ice Maps commissioned in 1976 and
    delivered in 1977
    z New test spans in Moro, Oregon 1976-1997
    Design Ice Criteria

    z BPA Memo 1982


    – Standard design minimum is ½” ice zone
    – Determine zone from Ice Maps
    – Increase design ice zone when Ice Maps
    indicate it is necessary
    – Use the 25-year recurrence interval map
    BPA Ice Maps
    Design Ice Criteria

    For a ½” Ice Zone:


    z Working Loads: ½-8-0

    z Ultimate Loads: ACSR wire not to exceed

    75% of RS at 1-8-0
    z Rime ice: 2R-4-0
    Where do we go from here?

    z Update ice maps?


    z Adjust design criteria based on
    experience?
    z Research rime ice?
    Rime Ice
    Rime Ice
    Thank you!

    Maggie Emery, PE
    Bonneville Power Administration

    mkemery@bpa.gov

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