ASCE WPSETL 2019
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Manual of Practice No. 141: Wood Pole Structures for Electrical Transmission Lines – Recommended Practice for Design and Use
Published By | Publication Date | Number of Pages |
ASCE | 2019 | 205 |
MOP 141 provides a vital overview on the design and use of wood poles for overhead utility line structures using sound engineering practices.
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1 | Mop_141 _online.pdf |
4 | MANUALS AND REPORTS ON ENGINEERING PRACTICE |
6 | CONTENTS |
10 | PREFACE |
12 | ACKNOWLEDGMENTS |
14 | DEFINITIONS |
18 | 1. STRUCTURAL CONFIGURATIONS AND POLE APPLICATIONS 1.1 General |
19 | 1.2 Configurations |
24 | 1.3 Electric Utility Applications and Structural Configurations |
30 | 2. INITIAL CONSIDERATIONS 2.1 General |
32 | 2.2 Physical Characteristics |
33 | 2.3 Clearances and Pole Length 2.4 Loads and Pole Class |
35 | 2.5 Deflections |
36 | 2.6 Transportation and Erection 2.7 Attachments |
37 | 2.8 Guying |
38 | 2.9 Climbing and Maintenance |
39 | 2.10 Grounding |
42 | 3. MATERIALS 3.1 General 3.2 Physical Properties |
45 | 3.3 Preservative Treatment |
48 | 4. DESIGN OF WOOD POLE STRUCTURES 4.1 General |
49 | 4.2 Structural Design Objective and Methodology |
51 | 4.3 Analysis and Design |
56 | 4.4 Localized Bending Capacity Reduction Because of Bolt Holes or Other Defects 4.5 Resiliency |
60 | 5. CONNECTIONS 5.1 General |
63 | 5.2 Through Bolts |
68 | 5.3 Banded Connections |
69 | 5.4 Connection Design Considerations |
74 | 5.5 Connection Failure Modes |
77 | 5.6 Installation Considerations |
82 | 6. WOOD POLE FOUNDATIONS AND ANCHORING 6.1 General |
86 | 6.2 Design Considerations |
88 | 6.3 Foundation Types |
96 | 6.4 Anchorage |
105 | 6.5 Foundation Summary |
106 | 7. MANUFACTURING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE 7.1 General 7.2 Manufacturing Process |
117 | 7.3 Quality Assurance/Quality Control |
120 | 8. ASSEMBLY AND ERECTION 8.1 General 8.2 Storage |
121 | 8.3 Handling |
122 | 8.4 Transportation |
123 | 8.5 Pole Cutting |
125 | 8.6 Assembly 8.7 Connections |
126 | 8.8 Field Drilling 8.9 Pole Gaining 8.10 Erection |
127 | 8.11 Climbing 8.12 Disposal |
128 | 8.13 Miscellaneous Considerations |
130 | 9. INSPECTION, ASSESSMENT, MAINTENANCE, AND REPAIR 9.1 General 9.2 Regulatory Inspection Requirements |
131 | 9.3 Agents of Deterioration and Damage |
137 | 9.4 Traditional Wood Pole Inspection and Assessment Practices |
143 | 9.5 Serviceability Decisions |
144 | 9.6 Additional Nondestructive Evaluation Inspection Tools and Processes 9.7 Remedial Treatments |
145 | 9.8 Restoration |
150 | APPENDIXES APPENDIX A. RESILIENCY OF WOOD POLE OVERHEAD LINES A.1 Introduction A.2 Resilience of Overhead Power Lines |
151 | A.3 Impact of Severe Weather on the US Electric Grid |
153 | A.4 Summary |
156 | APPENDIX B. TRANSMISSION POLE DESIGN EXAMPLES Hand Calculations |
186 | APPENDIX C. LAMINATED WOOD POLES C.1 Introduction C.2 Applications |
187 | C.3 General Considerations C.4 Structural Design Objective and Methodology |
194 | APPENDIX D. QUALITY AND STRENGTH ASSESSMENT TOOLS AND DEVICES D.1 Introduction |
195 | D.2 Nondestructive Evaluation Systems |
198 | APPENDIX E. FOUNDATION EXAMPLE |
200 | INDEX |