A transmission line conductor with an ultimate tensile strenght of 8000 kg per sq.cm, area of 2.2 cm² is installed between supports 600 metres apart. If the height difference of the towers is 15 meters, detennine the vertical sag of this conductor for a factor of safty of 5. The conductor weighs 2.03 kg per metre, ice weighs 1 kg per metre and subjected to a wind load of 2 kg per metre.

A transmission line conductor with an ultimate tensile strenght of 8000 kg per sq.cm, area of 2.2 cm² is installed between supports 600 metres apart. If the height difference of the towers is 15 meters, detennine the vertical sag of this conductor for a factor of safty of 5. The conductor weighs 2.03 kg per metre, ice weighs 1 kg per metre and subjected to a wind load of 2 kg per metre.

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Chapter4: Transmission Line Parameters

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