// A Texbook on POWER SYSTEM ENGINEERING // A.Chakrabarti, M.L.Soni, P.V.Gupta, U.S.Bhatnagar // DHANPAT RAI & Co. // SECOND EDITION // PART IV : UTILIZATION AND TRACTION // CHAPTER 9: ELECTRIC TRACTION SYSTEMS AND POWER SUPPLY // EXAMPLE : 9.2 : // Page number 820 clear ; clc ; close ; // Clear the work space and console // Given data D = 50.0 // Distance between poles(m) w = 0.5 // Weight of trolley wire per metre(kg) T = 520.0 // Maximum tension(kg) // Calculations l = D/2 // Half distance b/w poles(m) d = w*l**2/(2*T) // Sag(m) wire_length = 2*(l+(2*d**2/(3*l))) // Length of wire required(m) // Results disp("PART IV - EXAMPLE : 9.2 : SOLUTION :-") printf("\nMaximum sag, d = %.4f metres", d) printf("\nLength of wire required = %.f metres", wire_length)