DESIGN CRITERIA OF OVERHEAD TRANSMISSION LINES

1 Scope
This International Standard speci ies the loadin! and stren!th re"#ire$ents o o%erhead lines deri%ed ro$ relia&ilit' &ased desi!n principles( These re"#ire$ents appl' to lines )* +V and a&o%e, &#t can also &e applied to lines -ith a lo-er no$inal %olta!e( This standard also pro%ides a ra$e-or+ or the preparation o national standards dealin! -ith o%erhead trans$ission lines, #sin! relia&ilit' concepts and e$plo'in! pro&a&ilistic or se$i. pro&a&ilistic $ethods( These national standards -ill need to esta&lish the local cli$atic data or the #se and application o this standard, in addition to other data that are co#ntr' speci ic( Altho#!h the desi!n criteria in this standard appl' to ne- lines, $an' concepts can &e #sed to address the relia&ilit' re"#ire$ents or re #r&ish$ent and #pratin! o e/istin! lines( This standard does not co%er the detailed desi!n o line co$ponents s#ch as to-ers, o#ndations, cond#ctors or ins#lators(

0 Nor$ati%e re erences
The ollo-in! re erenced doc#$ents are indispensa&le or the application o this doc#$ent( For dated re erences, onl' the edition cited applies( For #ndated re erences, the latest edition o the re erenced doc#$ent 1incl#din! an' a$end$ents2 applies( IEC 343*050440, Loadin! tests on o%erhead line str#ct#res IEC 3146751771, Ro#nd -ire concentric la' o%erhead electrical stranded cond#ctors IEC 3188951773, O%erhead lines : Testin! o o#ndations or str#ct#res IEC 3188)51778, O%erhead lines : Meteorolo!ical data or assessin! cli$atic loads