stress-strain-creep curves for Aluminum Overhead Electrical Conductors A Technical Report of The Aluminum Association’s Electrical Technical Committee $30.00 @Foreword In 1961, the Electrical Technical Committee of The Aluminum Association initiated a study of the Stress-Strain Curves for bare stranded aluminum conductor and ACSR (Aluminum Conductor, Stee! Reinforced) in use by members of the Association manu- facturing these products. The purpose of the study was to determine what, if any, ditfer- ‘ences existed between curves for the same types of conductors. Results of this study revealed that the curves in use by the various companies dif- fered to only a minor degree. In fact, the differences in most instances were no greater than the experimental error that might occur during the tests upon which the curves are based. It was thus found possible to adopt Typical Stress-Strain Curves for the various standard types of conductors now being produced for computing sags and tensions to be used in installing these conductors. In 1964, it was decided that this study should be extended to incorporate data on Creep ~ the permanent elongation of the conductors that can be expected with time under sustained stress after the conductors have been placed in service. Again, the study showed that the effect of creep data used by various conductor manufacturers for standard conductors differed by only a minor degree. It was thus found that average creep data could be used. ‘These curves are proposed and presented for sag-tension calculations only. Stress ‘Strain Curves are not a useful parameter for product acceptance. The study has been completed for the following types of bare stranded conductors: ACSR (Al/Stee! strands) 5005 Aluminum Alloy (Strands) 61 30/7 7, 19, 37 & 61 7 45/7 181 54/7 24/7 54/19 6201 Aluminum Alloy (Strands) 26/7 84/19 7819 37 & 61 1350 Aluminum Alloy (EC) (strands) 7 37 19° «61 Typical Stress-Strain-Creep Curves for these conductors have been adopted by the Association’s Electrical Technical committee, and copies of these Curves are attached. Note for Bundled Conductors When overhead conductors are bundled, close matching of Sags and Tensions requires that the bundle subconductors be manufactured identically and that they be handled identically during installation.The Aluminum Association NOTE For the enclosed charts describing 1350 aluminum conductor characteristics, the listed creep equations are more accurate than the creep curves as drawn. The enclosed charts have been developed from normal stress-strain-creep tests as described in Aluminum Association Publication, “A Method of Stress-Strain Testing of Aluminum Conductor and ACSR and a Test Method for Determining the Long Time Tensile Creep of Aluminum Conductors in Overhead Lines: and are accurate within the range of the curves. They should not be used for extreme loads that would extend the strain beyond that shown on the charts for each particular stranding. 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For ACSR conductors, the temperature coefficients of expansion listed apply only so long as the stress is borne by both the steel and aluminum strands, ‘Temperature Coefficient of Expansion Conductor | Stranding . we | Finer | initialC | Finalrc *Aluminum | All 1286-6 | 1286-6 23.0E-6 | 2306-6 Steel All 64E-6 64E-6 11.5E-6 11.5E-6 ACSR et 102E-6 | 105E-6 1836-6 | 1895-6 ‘ACSR 7H 9.5E-6 986-6 1716-6 | 17,7E-6 ACSR 18/1 16-6 | 1176-6 | 2086-6 | 2116-6 ‘ACSR 2art 1056-6 | 1086-6 1896-6 | 1956-6 ACSR 26/7 996-6 | 1056-6 17.8E-6 18.9E-6 ACSR 30/7 9.5E-6 9.95-6 170E-6 | 1786-6 ‘ACSR 457 112E-6 | 156-6 20.2&-6 | 20.7E-6 ACSR S47 10.2E-6 | 1076-6 1836-6 | 1936-6 ‘ACSR Salta 1046-6 | 1086-6 188E-6 | 1956-6 ACSR e419 12E-6 | 11566 20.1E-6 | 2065-6 +1350 (EC), 5005, & 6201 stress -strain-creep curves for Aluminum Overhead Electrical ConductorsThe Aluminum Association @® 900 19th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006