Conductor Properties & Design Parameters: Earthwire Properties & Design Parameters: Common Design Parameters

Phase Conductor Type/Name: ACSR CONDUCTOR Earthwire Type/Name: OPGW Span = 400 m
Overall Diameter (dc) = 31.77 mm Overall Diameter (dew) = 27.73 mm = m
Unit weight of conductor (wc) = 2.004 Kg/m Unit weight of conductor (wew) = 1.601 Kg/m = m
Wind pressure on conductor, pw-c = 1,578.871 N/m2 Wind pressure on conductor, pw-ew = 1,200.000 N/m2
Conductor wind load per m run, W c = 50.161 N/m Conductor wind load per m run, W ew = 33.276 N/m
Maximum conductor tension (Tc) = 78,247.26 N Maximum conductor tension (Tew) = N

Maximum Allowable Wind Span Values for Different Line Deviation Calculations:

Tower Type Notation

Line Deviation Angles, θ [degrees] Min. = 0 Max = 2 Min. = 2 Max = 15 Min. = 15 Max = 30 Min. = 30 Max = 60

Allowable Sum of Adjacent Spans at maximum Deviation [m] 800 800 800 800
Downwards Upwards Downwards Upwards Downwards Upwards Downwards Upwards
Vertical Load Limitations on Weight Spans
Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min. Max. Min.
[For both Phase Conductor and Earthwire
Both Spans [m]
i.e. OPGW/ACS]
Single Spans [m]
Dev. Angle Dev. Angle Dev. Angle Dev. Angle
Span [m] Span [m] Span [m] Span [m]
[degrees] [degrees] [degrees] [degrees]
2 800 15 800 30 800 60 800
Permissible sum of adjacent spans in meters for various deviations
1 827 14 833 29 854 59 946
angles (subject to availability of minimum specified live clearances)
&Below 13 860 28 879 58 969
12 886 27 904 57 991
Permissible one span for various deviation angles should not
11 912 26 929 56 1014
exceed 50% of the value shown for sum of adjacent spans
10 939 25 955 55 1036
9 965 24 980 54 1059
8 992 23 1006 53 1081
7 1019 22 1031 52 1104