Electric Power ›› 2014, Vol. 47 ›› Issue (10): 71-76.DOI: 10.11930/j.issn.1004-9649.2014.10.71.5

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Vibration Amplitudes and Tensions of Conductors during Galloping in Transmission Tower-Line System

ZAO Li1, YAN Bo1, LÜ Xin2, LIANG Ming3   

  1. 1. College of Aerospace Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400044, China;
    2. College of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing 400030, China;
    3. Southwest Electric Power Design Institute of Electric Power Project Consultant Group of China, Chengdu 610021, China
  • Received:2014-03-11 Online:2014-10-18 Published:2015-12-10
  • Supported by:
    This work is supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (51277186)

Abstract: The finite element models of three typical transmission tower-line systems are set up by means of ABAQUS software, and the galloping processes are numerically simulated, based on which the vibration amplitudes and tensions of the conductors in different span and different phase during galloping are obtained. Based on the comparison of the numerical results with those determined by the theoretical simplified and empirical formulas, it is found that the simplified formula presented by Hunt and Richards is suitable for galloping amplitude estimation of dead-end span; the empirical formula presented by Lilien and Havard is suitable for galloping amplitude estimation of suspension span, and the simplified formula by Baenziger is suitable for dynamic tension estimation of conductors in both dead-end and suspension spans. Moreover, the stresses in the dead-end towers are larger than those in the suspension towers. The max stresses in the conductors and dead-end towers exceed the allowable stress of materials under some wind speed, which may cause the rupture of conductors and damage of towers.

Key words: transmission tower-line system, galloping amplitude, dynamic tension, numerical simulation, tension, conductor galloping, tower

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