Pre-requisite: PLDS Core (Levels 1-4) Certification, Advanced PLDS - Surveying for Line Design

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Hours: 7    UTS CEUs: 7.0

 

This course is delivered through the UTS eLearning site. A UTS instructor will be provided and available via email and phone, as needed during course dates.

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Conductor Mechanics is the second course in our new Advanced PLDS series and is intended to provide advanced concepts in conductor mechanics for students who have graduated from our PLDS core (Levels 1-4) program. Line designers and engineering support personnel will learn about the process of evaluating mechanical characteristics of overhead electric utility lines in order to formulate design guidelines and provide consolidated sag and tension data critical for safe and effective line design. 

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Students should be prepared to preform basic and algebraic math operations, as well as, have a working knowledge of line design and electric utility operations. Course outline provided.

 

Course highlights:

 

• Principals of Conductor Mechanics

• The PLDS Process (how conductor sag and tension data and construction practices affect the design and outcome)

• Design Tension (calculations and decisions that rely on design tension, scale and precision, tensioning methods, uncontrollable variables)

• Worst Case Sag, min/max (calculations and decisions that rely on worst case sag, scale and precision, tensioning methods, uncontrollable variables)

• Data Tables (creation, formatting, publishing)

• Rules of Thumb for Larger Conductors (traditional and antiquated rules, organization specifics, formulation of modern rules)

• Joint Use Management Procedures (contractual requirements, NESC responsibilities, permitting processes)