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Available graphical sag options
1. Ruling Span
2. FE with insulators vertical at sagging
condition
3. FE with wire length adjustment in all
spans
4. FE with wire length adjustment in
selected spans
5. FE with manual length adjustment
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2- FE with insulators Vertical at
sagging condition
z the program assumes that all spans within the
tension section had the same horizontal
z Once initial length are calculated, they are
used (FE) to predict where the wire should be
under other conditions
z method is capable of dealing with large
variations in span length and severely
inclined spans
z Does not handle changes in structure position
or wire length that occur after sagging
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Main advantages
z it is completely immune to ruling span
approximation errors, sloppy stringing
technique or anything that may have
happened after construction (structure
movement, wire length changes, structure
changes).
z If you know where your structure to insulator
attachment points are and know points along
the wire, this mode will allow you to obtain a
fit.
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5- Finite Element with Manual
Length Adjustment
z In this mode you click on a span and then key in how
much wire you want to add or subtract from a series
of spans. Through trial and error you can determine
how much change in wire length is needed to obtain
a desired clearance.
z It can be used to experiment with cutting out wire
length or shifting slack from one span to an adjacent
one (reclipping insulators) as solutions to clearance
problems.
z As is the case with any adjustment in wire length,,
sags and tensions throughout the section are
affected so you need to make sure the structures can
take it.