// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART II : TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION // CHAPTER 5: MECHANICAL DESIGN OF OVERHEAD LINES // EXAMPLE : 5.10 : // Page number 201-202 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data L = 250.0 // Span(m) d = 1.42 // Diameter(cm) w = 1.09 // Dead weight(kg/m) wind = 37.8 // Wind pressure(kg/m^2) r = 1.25 // Ice thickness(cm) f_m = 1050.0 // Maximum working stress(kg/sq.cm) // Calculations w_i = 913.5*%pi*r*(d+r)*10**-4 // Weight of ice on conductor(kg/m) w_w = wind*(d+2*r)*10**-2 // Wind load of conductor(kg/m) w_r = ((w+w_i)**2+w_w**2)**0.5 // Resultant pressure(kg/m) a = %pi*d**2/4.0 // Area(cm^2) T_0 = f_m*a // Tension(kg) S = w_r*L**2/(8*T_0) // Total sag(m) vertical_sag = S*(w+w_i)/w_r // Vertical component of sag(m) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 5.10 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nCase(i) : Sag in inclined direction = %.f m", S) printf("\nCase(ii): Sag in vertical direction = %.2f m", vertical_sag)