STRUCTURAL OPTIMIZATION OF TRANSMISSION-LINE CONDUCTORS

Structural optimization of a transmission line requires careful attent ion to the structural properties of the conductor. In turn, the select ion of the most efficient conductor will be governed by the controls o r limits of use that are specified. The % rated tensile strength conce pts that have guided the industry for the past many decades are slowly being replaced by limits on H/w or the catenary constant, which is it self a good measure of the stress in the outer aluminum wires as well as being an important parameter.