Overheadline and underground conductor research

Conductor structural integrity

  • Non linear (elastic-plastic-creep) 3D FEM
    Sag (creep) calculation
    – Risk of fretting fatigue, and mitigation
    – Clamp design

OHL whole conductor testing

Conductor wire testing

  • Tensile

  • Creep

  • Fatigue

Conductor condition assessment

  • Off-line (with basis for on-line)
    – Ageing
    – Strength / hardness / microstructure / electrical resistivity correlations