// 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 : 5.7 : // Page number 200 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data W = 428/1000.0 // Weight(kg/m) u = 1973.0 // Breaking strength(kg) s = 2.0 // Factor of safety l = 200.0 // Span(m) h = 3.0 // Difference in tower height(m) // Calculations T = u/s // Allowable maximum tension(kg) x_2 = (l/2.0)+(T*h/(W*l)) // Point of minimum sag from tower at higher level(m) x_1 = l-x_2 // Point of minimum sag from tower at lower level(m) // Results disp("PART II - EXAMPLE : 5.7 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nPoint of minimum sag, x_1 = %.1f metres", x_1) printf("\nPoint of minimum sag, x_2 = %.1f metres", x_2)