Design and Performance Evaluation of FRP Cross Arm for Transmission Line Towers

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Volume 5, Issue 2, September 2009

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M. Selvaraj
Mechanical Engineering Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore
S. M. Kulkarni
National Institute of Technology Karnataka (NITK), Surathkal, Mangalore
R. Ramesh Babu
Mechanical Engineering Division, Central Power Research Institute, Bangalore

Abstract

The technology of compaction of power transmission lines is being increasingly adopted by power industry to effectively make use of the Right of Way (ROW). For technical, aesthetic and economical reasons, our future transmission lines will have to be built with new design concepts using new materials. An attempt was made to build the transmission line tower cross arm with pultruded sections of Fibre Glass Reinforced Plastic (FRP) as a substitute for steel. The metallic towers have been deteriorating and corroding as a result of being in hostile environment i.e., wind, rain and salty environment etc. This paper describes the mechanical behaviour of FRP tower cross arm assembly simulated using Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software and compared with experimental results.

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Selvaraj, M., Kulkarni, S. M., & Ramesh Babu, R. (2009). Design and Performance Evaluation of FRP Cross Arm for Transmission Line Towers. Power Research - A Journal of CPRI, 5(2), 25–31. Retrieved from https://node6473.myfcloud.com/~geosocin/CPRI/index.php/pr/article/view/693

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