Substation Structure Design Guide: Asce Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 113 (Asce Manual and Reports on Engineering Practice)

Substation Structure Design Guide (ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 113), provides a comprehensive resource for the structural design of outdoor electrical substation structures. Prepared by the ASCE Subcommittee on the Design of Substation Structures, this new manual offers current recommendations developed by substation structure designers Utility engineers, structural and electrical engineers, and anyone that works in the field of transmission line substation design will benefit from this manual. Topics include: • Electrical Equipment and Structure Types • Loading Criteria for Substation Structures • Deflection Criteria • Methods of Analysis • Design • Connections to Foundations • and Quality Control and Quality Assurance. Prepared by the Subcommittee on the Design of Substation Structures of the Committee on Electrical Transmission Structures of the Structural Engineering Institute of ASCE. Substation Structure Design Guide provides a comprehensive resource for the structural design of outdoor electrical substation structures. This manual offers the most current guidelines available on analysis methods, structural loads, deflection criteria, member and connection design, structure testing, quality control, quality assurance, connections used in foundations, detailing, fabrication, construction, and maintenance. Utility engineers, structural and electrical engineers, and anyone who works in the field of transmission line substation design will benefit from this manual. "Substation Structure Design Guide (ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 113) is a comprehensive resource for the structural design of outdoor electrical substation structures. Prepared by the ASCE Subcommittee on the Design of Substation Structures, this manual offers the most current guidelines available on analysis methods; structure loads; deflection criteria; member and connection design; structure testing; quality control; quality assurance; connections used in foundations; detailing; fabrication; construction; and maintenance. Utility engineers, structural and electrical engineers, and anyone that works in the field of transmission line substation design will benefit from this manual."--BOOK JACKET Cover ......Page 1 Contents ......Page 4 Preface ......Page 6 1. Introduction ......Page 8 2. Electrical Equipment and Structure Types ......Page 10 3. Loading Criteria for Sustation Structures ......Page 20 4. Deflection Criteria ......Page 43 5. Method Analysis ......Page 47 6. Design ......Page 53 7. Connections to Foundations ......Page 65 8. Quality Control and Quality Assurance ......Page 73 9. Testing ......Page 77 10. Construction and Maintance ......Page 78 References ......Page 79 Index ......Page 82 A comprehensive resource for the structural design of outdoor electrical substation structures. It offers recommendations developed by substation structure designers. It is suitable for utility engineers, structural and electrical engineers, and anyone that works in the field of transmission line substation design.