American Iron and Steel Institute American Iron and Steel Institute’s Technical Session Steel Distribution Poles - The Material of the Future - presented by - Richard F. Aichinger, PE Manager of Engineering, Utility Products Valmont Industries, Inc. Design & Testing of Steel Poles
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American Iron and Steel Institute
American Iron and Steel Institute’s Technical Session
Steel Distribution Poles - The Material of the Future
- presented by -
Richard F. Aichinger, PEManager of Engineering, Utility Products
Valmont Industries, Inc.
Design & Testing of Steel Poles
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Designing For “Equivalency”
“Equivalency” to what?– Expected Strength– Expected Life– Expected Performance
• Deflection
• Handling
• Field Use
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Designing For “Equivalency”
• Most pole used to date have been wood
• How do you design a “Steel wood pole”?– You can’t … but you don’t want to– Instead you design a pole that meets minimum
strength and performance requirements every time
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Designing For “Equivalency”
• How do you design a “Steel Distribution Pole”?– ANSI Standards:
• ANSI 05.1
• National Electric Safety Code (ANSI C-2)
– ASCE Manual 72– Material & Manufacturing Proven Reliability– Testing and Proven Product Experience
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ANSI 05.1
• Provides performance and quality criteria for wood poles of various species
• Provides strength requirements which define the various pole Class definition (Class 6 to H-6)– Defined by a Capacity Loading to be applied 2
feet from the pole top
• Provides direct embedment depth
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National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C-2)
• A Safety Code
• By default, also a Design Code– Provides for Design considerations for various
line conditions (ice, wind + ice, wind)– Provides for Construction Grades to
differentiate the allowable risk accepted in the design
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National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C-2)
A Little History:
• Provided for loading and strength since the early 1900’s to present
• Early editions were based on ultimate strength of materials
• Steel was first to be changed to Load Factor in 1941
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National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C-2)
• 1941 Summary:– Material Grade B Grade C
• Steel 2.54 2.2
• wood 25% 37.5%– (equiv. OLF) (4.0) (2.67)
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National Electrical Safety Code (ANSI C-2)
• 1973 Wood was modified:– Material Grade B Grade C
• Steel 2.54 2.2
• wood 25% 50%– (equiv. OLF) (4.0) (2.0)
– Familiar?– wood is now lower than steel in Grade C.
• Steel Allows for Designs that Consistently meet strength requirements by varying diameter and thickness
• ASCE Manual 72 provides criteria for Local Buckling of Tubular Steel– Proven through years of use in other products
– Verified by EPRI and manufacturer testing
• Provides a pole that is consistent “by design”
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Designing For “Life”
• Steel Allows for the Design of a Product that can be protected against deterioration– Galvanizing provides a proven inside/out protection
for most environments
– An additional groundline barrier coating provides extra protection at the most corrosive location
– When damaged by overload conditions, Steel will tend to locally yield rather than “break” or “collapse”, often times allowing the line to remain in service
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Designing For “Performance”
• Deflection of steel poles are normally less than the “equivalent wood pole” based on the pole size defined by ANSI 05.1
• The following graph shows a representative comparison indicating the deflection of a Steel versus wood poles
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Load Deflection of Steel vs. Wood Poles (40’ Class 4, NESC Grade “B”)
Deflection of 40 ft. Class 4(Treatment Adjustments per Table C4)
• Weight of steel poles are normally much less than the “equivalent wood pole” providing added savings for field handling and maneuvering
• The following chart is a representative comparison of the weight of wood poles versus Steel Poles
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Weight Comparison of Wood to Steel
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Douglas Fir Weight, lbs.
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Designing For “Performance”
• Additionally, Steel can be Designed for true design applications wood is seldom correctly considered for:– Guyed angles and corners
• NESC requirements:
– Unguyed angles and corners• Steel provides the necessary strength and flexibility of size
and application
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Designing For “Reliability”
• Steel Poles have been successfully used:– for over 30 years for the Electric Utility industry
– for over 40 years with the same product in other industries (lighting and traffic)
• Fabrication and Quality systems have evolved to keep up with customer demand, technology, and increasing Design sophistication
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Designing Proven by “Testing”
• Steel Poles have been tested for as long as Steel Poles have been fabricated. But there is a difference:– Steel Poles are tested to Verify Design strength is
attained as a Minimum
– wood poles are tested to determine the mean rupture strength
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Designing Proven by “Testing”
• Steel Distribution Poles have been tested by independent firms (EDM in Fort Collins) and by the manufacturers using controlled conditions and sophisticated systems.– Strength / Buckling tests to verify design acceptance
for conditions including:• full tube sections• tube sections with many cut holes to verify that condition• attachment and guy hardware loading
– All showing the Strength and Reliability of Steel
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Post Insulator Test On Steel Pole
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Guy Attachment Test On Steel Pole
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EPRI Test On 70’ Class 2 Steel Pole
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Testing at EPRI (Class 2) and EDM (Class 3 & 5)
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Steel Distribution Poles - The Material of the Future
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Steel Distribution Poles - The Material of the Future
In Conclusion:
• Steel Distribution Poles Provide– Expected Strength– Expected Life– Expected Performance in