PLS CADD cable definition 1

[yshalal]

Hello all

I have been working with PLS CADD version 9 and I wanna use ACSR cables like Lynx, Hyena and Mink. Would you please provide me with cable libraries for version 9. The libraries in "

https://www.powline.com/files.html"

are compatible with version 13 or later and I dont afford upgrading software!

Or could you please help me on the cable definition process. It requires stress-strain curves and thermal capacity of wires, initial and final leaner expansion coefficients and etc!

If you can open these files with PLS CADD 13, you may be able to reveal their data.

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...4f-4ba5-86b6-1a5ada087884&file=hyena_acsr.wir

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...f88-415a-a15d-1a67104a01c1&file=lynx_acsr.wir

http://files.engineering.com/getfil...1ef-4c0a-866e-4000bfb31781&file=mink_acsr.wir

yshalal@yahoo.com
Thanks in advance

 

[bacon4life]

PLS's customer support is pretty helpful, and might even be willing to send you library files compatible with earlier versions.

If you want to recreate the library file yourself, manually entering the cable data is pretty straight forward. The hard part is finding the info from the wire manufacturer's website such as Southwire and Alcoa. The software fees you don't want to pay are what allows PLS to hunt all the publicly available (but hard to use data,) and then turn it into a nice simple material library.

 

[yshalal]

I could find the data of cables from a manufacturer company and I made my own library.
Also, about software fees I should tell you that I respect all the programmers and I like to provide them with fees. However, the currency of some countries are too valueless in a way that one should work for a couple of months and save all his money to upgrade a software! I'm saving my money!

By the way, I dont know how PLS CADD calculates "broken wire" condition for towers. Is there an IEC or IEEE reference which explains "Broken wire" and "Unbalanced load" conditions?

As I know, the load of a broken wire is a longitudinal force of a broken wire in Heavy ice condition. However, I dont know how it is calculated for angle towers! Also in suspension towers, the wire might move in the suspension clamp and it's not wise to consider it as a solidly attached conductor.