SCHEDULE D (continued)

(to be completed by the Tenderer)

SCHEDULE D8 - TOWER DESIGN PARTICULARS

Factors of safety to be applied

Description Required Offered

Maximum working tension per phase, for purpose of

tower design and application:

a. tangent towers Newton According to

clause 6.7

b. tension towers Newton According to

clause 6.7

c. slack spans Newton 16000

Maximum working tension of each conductor in still Newton 30570

air and at every day temperature of 25°C

Maximum working tension per earthwire for purpose

of tower design and application:

a. tangent towers Newton According to

clause 6.7

b. tension towers Newton According to

clause 6.7

c. earthwire slack spans Newton 6000

Maximum working tension of each earthwire in still Newton 17000

air and at every day temperature of 25°C

Minimum clearance between tower steelwork and mm 3200

nearest point of conductor, live conductor hardware,
including conductor slope 0 -15 degrees:

a. middle phase on single circuit tower mm 3200

b. outer phases on single circuit towers and mm 2550

all phases on double circuit towers

Slack-spans, minimum clearances:

a. phase to phase clearance in still air mm 4900

b. phase to phase clearance under conditions mm 3700

of maximum opposing swing and sag

Earthwire suspension clamps, unobstructed degrees 0 - 50

transverse swing angle from vertical

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SCHEDULE D8 - TOWER DESIGN PARTICULARS (CONTINUED)

Factors of safety to be applied

Description Required Offered

Earthwire maximum shielding angle from vertical at

tower attachment point over outer line conductors

a. For single circuit towers degrees 20

b. For double circuit towers degrees 6

Maximum ratio of unsupported length of steel

compression member to their least radius of
gyration:

a. main members 150

b. stressed bracings 200

c. unstressed bracings 240

d. tension only members, detailed with draw, 325

for tower cross-arm hangers

e. tension only members, detailed with draw 400

Maximum ultimate stresses, for checking tower

designs not subjected to test (unless otherwise
approved):-

Compression members, Tenderer to indicate his Details to be

design assumptions but is to note that the design submitted with
shall comply with the requirements of ASCE Manual Tender
52 and ANSI/ASCE Standard No 10:

Mild steel N/mm2

High yield steel N/mm2

Tension members (elastic limit)

Mild steel N/mm2 275

High yield steel N/mm2 355

Shear on bolts

Mild steel N/mm2 234

High yield steel N/mm2 350

Bearing on bolts

Mild steel N/mm2 405

High yield steel N/mm2 700

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SCHEDULE D9 - SIMULTANEOUS UNBALANCED LOADING CONDITIONS -

LONGITUDINAL LOADS

Factors of safety to be applied.

For transverse and vertical loads and the application: see the Technical Specification.

Description Required Offered

Tangent towers (suspension insulators)

At any one attachment:

phase Newton 56000

or

earth Newton 15500

Cascade collapse conditions at all attachments:

phase Newton 34000

earth Newton 16000

Single circuit angle towers (tension insulators)

At two attachments:

any one phase Newton 80000

and

any one earth Newton 22000

Cascade collapse conditions at all attachments:

phase Newton 62000

earth Newton 16000

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SCHEDULE D9 - SIMULTANEOUS UNBALANCED LOADING CONDITIONS -

LONGITUDINAL LOADS (continued)

Factors of safety to be applied.

For transverse and vertical loads and the application: see the Technical Specification.

Description Required Offered

Double circuit angle towers (tension insulators)

At any two attachments:

phase 80000

or

earth 22000

Cascade collapse conditions at all attachments:

phase Newton 62000

earth Newton 16000

Single circuit dead-end towers (tension

insulators)

At two attachments:

any one phase Newton 0

and

any one earth Newton 0

Double circuit dead-end towers (tension

insulators)

At any two attachments:

phase Newton 0

or

earth Newton 0

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SCHEDULE D10 - CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE LOADING CONDITIONS -

CONDUCTOR TENSIONS

Factors of safety to be applied.

For transverse and vertical loads, and the application: see the Technical Specification.

Description Required Offered

Tangent towers (suspension insulators)

Maintenance condition

Phase Newton 88500

Earth Newton 22700

Angle and terminal towers (tension insulators)

Maintenance condition:

Phase Newton 88500

Earth Newton 22700

Temporary terminal condition

Phase Newton 88500

Earth Newton 22700

Phase values are the totals of the two sub-conductors.

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SCHEDULE D11.1 - PARTICULARS OF SINGLE CIRCUIT TOWERS

Type of tower XA XB XC XD XE XT

Type of insulator sets Vee Vee Tension Tension Tension Tension Tension Suspension
Trans-
suspension suspension Dead end position

Angles of deviation degree 0-2 0 0 - 10 10 - 30 30 - 60 60 - 90 0 - 45 0

Basic span length m 450 650 450 450 450 450 450 450

Minimum ground clearance of line m 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5 8.5
conductor at 90°C, normal ground

Sag of line conductor in span length assumed m 18.22 33.50 18.22 18.22 18.225 18.22 18.22 18.22
at 90°C
offered m

Distance of line conductor below assumed m 5.4 5.4 - - - - - -

D11.1

crossarm offered m - - - - - -

Height above ground of line

conductor crossarm:

a. maximum height tower Offered m

b. minimum height tower Offered m

Height of earthwires above line minimum m 8.9 8.9 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 7.0 8.9
conductor at tower
offered

Horizontal spacing between adjacent minimum m 9.0 10.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0 9.0
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conductor phases at mid span in still

air at maximum angle of line offered
deviation
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SCHEDULE D11.1 - PARTICULARS OF SINGLE CIRCUIT TOWERS (continued)

Type of tower XA XB XC XD XE XT

Overall tower height (Standard height offered m

tower)

Horizontal distance, from tower offered m

centre line to outer insulator
attachment

Horizontal distance, from tower offered m

centre line to earthwire

Overall tower base dimensions at offered mxm

ground line (transverse x
longitudinal)
D11.2

Total ultimate transverse overturning offered kN m

moment at ground line of standard
height tower, load case 1 with factor
of safety

Maximum differential foundation offered mm

movement permitted under ultimate
loads
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SCHEDULE D11.1 - PARTICULARS OF SINGLE CIRCUIT TOWERS (continued)

Type of tower XA XB XC XD XE XT

Mass of complete towers above offered

ground line

Standard height tower kg

6 m extended tower kg -

12 m extended tower kg - - - - - - -

18m extended tower kg - - - - - - -

24 m extended tower kg - - - - - - -
D11.3

30 m extended tower kg - - - - - - -

36 m extended tower kg - - - - - - -

1.5 m leg extension kg

3.0 m leg extension kg

4.5 m leg extension kg

6.0 m leg extension kg

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