STEEL POLE DESIGN USING

PLS-POLE-Part 2
JARED S. CUCHAPIN
AUGUST 1, 2019
References:
 ASCE/SEI 48-11: Design of Steel Transmission Poles
 ASCE Manuals and Reports on Engineering Practice No. 74: Guidelines for Electrical Transmission Line Structural Loading
 ASCE 7-10: Minimum Design Load for Buildings and Other Structures
 Kalaga & Yenumula: Design of Electrical Transmission Lines – Structures and Foundation
 RUS BULLETIN 1724E-200: Design Manual for High Voltage Transmission Lines
 NESC 2017: National Electrical Safety Code
 National Structural Code of the Philippines 2015
P-Learning Outline
• Pole Dimensions/Framing
• Clearances
• Shielding Angle
• Embedment
• Force/Load Tree Diagram
• Vertical Loads
• Transverse Loads
• Wire Tension
• Wind Load
• Longitudinal Loads
• PLS-POLE Simulation
• User Inputs
• Analysis of Results
Direction of Forces Acting on Pole
• Vertical
• Acting downward or upward
• Transverse
• Acting normal/perpendicular to
the direction of the line
• Longitudinal
• Acting along/parallel the direction
of the line
PLS-POLE User Inputs
• Create Components • Optimize
• Steel Pole Library • Changing Diameters (effectively improves deflection)
• Line Hardwares – Crossarm, Insulators, Braces, Clamps • Changing thickness (improves strength)
• Modeling
• Create Hole Framing of Steel Pole
• Install Line Hardwares
• Create Load
• Assign Transverse, Vertical or Longitudinal Forces to
points of interest
• Enter Wind Pressure for the Structure
• Allowable pole deflection
• Analyze
• Check Lap Length
• Usage of Steel
• Deflection Usage
• Weight
General: Linear vs Non-linear Analysis
• Linear Analysis
• Converge to solution faster
• Not capable of detecting buckling
• Guys and cables are modeled as straight tension-only members

• Non-Linear Analysis
• P-Delta are accounted for
• Indicates elastic buckling of the structure
• Guys and cables are modeled as exact cable elements
Components – Steel Pole
Components – Steel Pole
• Tip Diameter – measured across flats
• Base Diameter - measured across flats
• Taper – not necessarily equal to (BD-TD)/L
• Lap Length:
• Lap length at the base of the tube.
• Enter zero value if welded or no tube below.
• Enter -1 if you want the default overlap of 1.5 times the tube diameter.
Components – Steel Pole
• Strength Check:
• Calculated
• ASCE – based on ASCE Manual 72
• Nominal-Circular
• Nominal-Triangular
Other Components
• Cross-Arm
• Clamp
• Suspension Insulator Set
• Strain (Dead-End) Insulator Set
• Post Insulator Set