Overheadline and underground conductor research

Conductor structural integrity

  • Non linear (elastic-plastic-creep) 3D FEM
    – Sag (creep) calculation
    – Risk of fretting fatigue, and mitigation
    – Clamp design

OHL whole conductor testing

Conductor wire testing

  • Tensile

  • Creep

  • Fatigue

Conductor condition assessment

  • Off-line (with basis for on-line)
    – Ageing
    – Strength / hardness / microstructure / electrical resistivity correlations

 

 

 

 

 

 

Contacts:

Prof. Dr. Edoardo Mazza
Lab Head
Mechanical Integrity of Energy Systems

 

Dr. Stuart Holdsworth
Lead Scientist of Lab

Mechanical Integrity of Energy Systems

 

Development of thermal fatigue damage in 1CrMoV rotor steel

 

Publication List