ISSN: 1945-7553
CODEN: JTEVAB
Page Count: 3

A Low-Cycle Fatigue Test for Pipe-Type Power Transmission Cables

Spillers, WR
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering; director, Center for Electric Power Engineering; and graduate student, Renselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Greenwood, AN
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering; director, Center for Electric Power Engineering; and graduate student, Renselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Spiliotis, G
Professor, Department of Civil Engineering; director, Center for Electric Power Engineering; and graduate student, Renselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y.

Abstract

An apparatus for performing low-cycle flexural fatigue tests on pipe-type power transmission cables with wrapped-tape dielectric is described.

Keywords:
fatigue tests, power lines, flexural strength, thermomechanical bending, soft spot, data acquisition system

Paper ID: JTE10227J
DOI: 10.1520/JTE10227J
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