Reliability of Wood Transmission Structures Through Nondestructive Evaluation

1 August 1982

journal article
Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in IEEE Transactions on Power Apparatus and Systems

Vol. PAS-101 (8) , 2409-2414
https://doi.org/10.1109/TPAS.1982.317599

Abstract

A Monte Carlo simulation technique is developed to predict the bending strength and stiffness distributions of new and in-service wood utility poles. The simulation is based on sonic nondestructive evaluation of poles and on correlations between destructive and nondestructive parameters. Excellent agreements were found between simulated and measured distributions for wood pole structures taken from a transmission line removed from service.

Keywords

POLES AND TOWERS
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
TELEPHONE POLES
MATERIALS TESTING
PREDICTIVE MODELS
DESIGN METHODOLOGY
TRANSMISSION LINE MEASUREMENTS
POWER TRANSMISSION LINES
LIFE TESTING
GOVERNMENT

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