RESEARCH ARTICLE
A Comparative Study of Distribution Structure Cross Arms
Ramana Pidaparti1, Sriram Kalaga2, *
Article Information
Identifiers and Pagination:
Year: 2017Volume: 11
Issue: Suppl-2, M4
First Page: 757
Last Page: 767
Publisher ID: TOCIEJ-11-757
DOI: 10.2174/1874149501711010757
Article History:
Received Date: 03/01/2017Revision Received Date: 15/03/2017
Acceptance Date: 05/05/2017
Electronic publication date: 15/10/2017
Collection year: 2017
open-access license: This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License (CC-BY 4.0), a copy of which is available at: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/legalcode. This license permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.
Abstract
Background:
The structural performance of cross arms used on distribution poles is studied in this paper. Tangent and Dead End configurations involving conventional (wood) and composite (fiber glass) cross arms are analyzed. Strength-to-Stiffness and Weight-to-Stiffness ratios associated with study cases are determined and evaluated.
Results and Conclusion:
It is observed that although initial costs are higher, composite cross arms offer long-term advantages in terms of strength, stiffness, performance and durability.