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The main supporting unit of overhead transmission line is transmission tower. Transmis-
sion towers have to carry the heavy transmission conductor at a sufficient safe height
from ground. In addition to that all towers have to sustain all kinds of natural calamities.
So transmission tower designing is an important engineering job where all three basic en-
gineering concepts, civil, mechanical and electrical engineering concepts are equally appli-
cable.
A power transmission tower consists of the following parts,
1. Peak of transmission tower
2. Cross arm of transmission tower
3. Boom of transmission tower
4. Cage of transmission tower
5. Transmission Tower Body
6. Leg of transmission tower
7. Stub/Anchor Bolt and Base plate assembly of transmission tower.
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and tower.
The location of ground wire with respect to outer most conductors.
The mid span clearance required from considerations of the dynamic behavior of con-
ductor and lightening protection of the line.
To determine the actual transmission tower height by considering the above points, we
have divided the total height of tower in four parts,
1. Minimum permissible ground clearance (H1)
2. Maximum sag of the conductor (H2)
3. Vertical spacing between top and bottom conductors (H3)
4. Vertical clearance between ground wire and top conductor (H4).
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