%0 Generic %1 wood1982transmission %A WOOD, A %A Mclellan, M %D 1982 %K Conductor Line Overhead Reliability Tower Wind-Load %T TRANSMISSION LINE DESIGN - THE ULTIMATE LOAD CONCEPT %X The old 'working load x factor of safety' approach to transmission line design is questioned. Long experience with this approach has not entirely avoided accidents which can be directly attributed to the unwitting use of the factor of safety approach and it is suggested that design loads should be based on ultimate or limit loads. This is by no means a new concept but, with the imminent publication of an IEC Recommendation on tower loadings which is effectively based on the ultimate load concept, this approach is reviewed and compared with the factor of safety approach. Discussion is limited to those areas of the world not having the snow and ice load problems and deals with loadings and not probabilities.

@conference{wood1982transmission, abstract = {The old 'working load x factor of safety' approach to transmission line design is questioned. Long experience with this approach has not entirely avoided accidents which can be directly attributed to the unwitting use of the factor of safety approach and it is suggested that design loads should be based on ultimate or limit loads. This is by no means a new concept but, with the imminent publication of an IEC Recommendation on tower loadings which is effectively based on the ultimate load concept, this approach is reviewed and compared with the factor of safety approach. Discussion is limited to those areas of the world not having the snow and ice load problems and deals with loadings and not probabilities.}, added-at = {2020-04-27T17:44:06.000+0200}, author = {WOOD, A and Mclellan, M}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/21812bb46ddeac766ff35155e3d2513a3/ceps}, interhash = {5a99e95040c292418856262f7ffd7186}, intrahash = {1812bb46ddeac766ff35155e3d2513a3}, keywords = {Conductor Line Overhead Reliability Tower Wind-Load}, timestamp = {2023-12-21T15:04:57.000+0100}, title = {TRANSMISSION LINE DESIGN - THE ULTIMATE LOAD CONCEPT}, year = 1982 }