KALPATARU 

POWER TRANSMISSION LTD. DESIGN : 2220 / SAG‐1
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA
SAG TENSION CALCULATION
400 kV D/C; Quad ACSR MOOSE; WZ‐4 (47 m/sec)
OPGW ‐  OPGW ‐ 24 
Wire UNIT CONDUCTOR EARTHWIRE
NOT USED Fibre
Span L m 400 400 400 400
Make ACSR GSW Sterlite Sterlite
MOOSE 
FGB048‐1C7.5‐
Name / Product 54/3.53 +  7/3.66 1200
7/3.53
Overall Diameter D cm 3.177 1.098 1.25 1.2
Area A cm² 5.97 0.7365 0.8184 0.584
Unit weight Wt   kg/m 2.004 0.583 0.467 0.455
Ultimate strength T kg 16437.2 6974.6 9177.1 9472.8
Young's modulus E kg/cm² 7.036E+05 1.933E+06 1.252E+06 1.428E+06
Coefficient of expansα /°C 1.93E‐05 1.15E‐05 1.41E‐05 1.38E‐05

Factor  'G' Wt/A kg/m/cm² 0.33568 0.79158 0.57063 0.77911

Factor  'Z' (L*G)²*E/24 5.285E+08 8074807954 2718150205 5776937918
Factor  'X' L²*G/8 6713.56784 15831.6361 11412.5122 15582.19178
Starting case 
Temperature °C 32 0 0 0
Wind Pressure Wind kg/m² 0 0 0 0
K calculation by  FOS/LOAD/SAG FOS SAG SAG SAG
FOS/LOAD/SAG Required 4.545 8.697 8.697 8.697

Wind Pressure / leng Y=Wind*D/kg/m 0 0 0 0
Load factor ² Q²=1+(Y/WT)² 1 1 1 1
Working stress F1=Q*X/SAkg/m² 605.7274 1820.3639 1312.2412 1791.6821
F1=T/A*FOSR or
F1= LOADR/A
Factor  'K' F1‐Z*Q²/F1² ‐834.77507 ‐616.4131 ‐266.2644 ‐7.9171

CALCULATION FOR TOP CONDUCTOR ACSR  MOOSE   54/3.53 + 7/3.53  
Loading Case No 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15
32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐ 
32° ‐ Nil  32° ‐ Full  32° ‐  32° ‐ 0.8  32° ‐ 0.56  32° ‐ 0.894  32° ‐ 0.6873 
Case Description 0° ‐ Nil wind 85° ‐ Nil wind 0.76496  0.51745  0.85355  0.62941  0.93301  0.98296 
wind wind 0.75wind wind  wind  wind  wind 
wind wind wind wind wind wind 
DA‐ 45° Wind/  DB‐ 30° 
ALL ‐ 0° Wind DC‐45°/DE‐ DC‐ 30°/ DD45‐30° 
DA‐ 30° Wind DC0‐45°/DE‐  Wind/DD45‐ DB‐ 45° Wind DB1‐30° Wind DB1‐45° Wind DC1‐30° Wind DC1‐45° Wind
DD‐ 30° Wind 30°/DC0‐30° DD‐45° Wind Wind
45°  45° Wind 

Temperature °C 32 32 32 0 85 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
wind pressure kg/m² 0 238 178.5 0 0 182.060 123.153 203.145 149.800 222.056 190.4 133.3 212.8 163.6 233.9

Tension in Wire kg 3616 10515 8627 4148 3023 8743 6782 9422 7679 10019 9013 7124 9727 8137 10389
Stress in Wire kg/cm² 605.7 1761.2 1445.1 694.7 506.4 1464.5 1136.0 1578.2 1286.3 1678.3 1509.8 1193.3 1629.4 1363.0 1740.3

% Use 22.0% 64.0% 52.5% 25.2% 18.4% 53.2% 41.3% 57.3% 46.7% 61.0% 54.8% 43.3% 59.2% 49.5% 63.2%
Maximum % Use Allowed 22 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 %
Factor of safety 4.5450 1.563 1.905 3.963 5.437 1.880 2.424 1.745 2.141 1.641 1.824 2.307 1.690 2.020 1.582
Factor of safety   Required 4.545 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429
Sag m 11.083 9.663 13.257
CALCULATION FOR MIDDLE CONDUCTOR ACSR  MOOSE   54/3.53 + 7/3.53  
Loading Case No 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60
32° ‐ 
32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐ 
32° ‐ Nil  32° ‐ Full  32° ‐ 0.75  32° ‐ 0.8  32° ‐ 0.56  32° ‐ 0.894  32° ‐ 0.6873  0.98296 
Case Description 0° ‐ Nil wind 85° ‐ Nil wind 0.76496  0.51745  0.85355  0.62941  0.93301 
wind wind wind wind wind  wind  wind  wind & no 
wind wind wind wind wind
ice

Temperature °C 32 32 32 0 85 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
wind pressure kg/m² 0 197 147.75 0 0 150.697 101.938 168.149 123.994 183.803 157.6 110.3 176.1 135.4 193.6

Wind pressure / length kg/m 0.000 6.259 4.694 0.000 0.000 4.788 3.239 5.342 3.939 5.839 5.007 3.505 5.595 4.302 6.152
Load factor ² 1.000 10.754 6.486 1.000 1.000 6.708 3.612 8.106 4.864 9.491 7.242 4.059 8.796 5.607 10.424

Tension in Wire kg 3616 9226 7611 4148 3023 7709 6063 8288 6810 8800 7939 6347 8549 7196 9118
Stress in Wire kg/cm² 605.7 1545.3 1274.8 694.7 506.4 1291.3 1015.7 1388.2 1140.7 1474.0 1329.8 1063.1 1432.0 1205.3 1527.3

% Use 22.0% 56.1% 46.3% 25.2% 18.4% 46.9% 36.9% 50.4% 41.4% 53.5% 48.3% 38.6% 52.0% 43.8% 55.5%
Maximum % Use Allowed 22 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 %
Factor of safety 4.5450 1.782 2.160 3.963 5.437 2.132 2.711 1.983 2.414 1.868 2.070 2.590 1.923 2.284 1.803
Factor of safety   Required 4.545 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429
Sag m 11.083 9.663 13.257
CALCULATION FOR BOTTOM CONDUCTOR ACSR  MOOSE   54/3.53 + 7/3.53  
32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐ 
32° ‐ Nil  32° ‐ Full  32° ‐ 0.75  32° ‐ 0.8  32° ‐ 0.56  32° ‐ 0.894  32° ‐ 0.6873 
Case Description 0° ‐ Nil wind 85° ‐ Nil wind 0.76496  0.51745  0.85355  0.62941  0.93301  0.98296 
wind wind wind wind wind  wind  wind 
wind wind wind wind wind wind 

Temperature °C 32 32 32 0 85 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
wind pressure kg/m² 0 185 138.75 0 0 141.518 95.728 157.907 116.441 172.607 148.0 103.6 165.4 127.2 181.8

Wind pressure / length kg/m 0.000 5.877 4.408 0.000 0.000 4.496 3.041 5.017 3.699 5.484 4.702 3.291 5.254 4.040 5.777
Load factor ² 1.000 9.602 5.838 1.000 1.000 6.033 3.303 7.267 4.408 8.488 6.505 3.697 7.875 5.063 9.311

Tension in Wire kg 3616 8839 7309 4148 3023 7402 5854 7949 6554 8434 7619 6120 8197 6917 8736
Stress in Wire kg/cm² 605.7 1480.5 1224.2 694.7 506.4 1239.8 980.6 1331.5 1097.9 1412.8 1276.2 1025.1 1373.0 1158.6 1463.3

% Use 22.0% 53.8% 44.5% 25.2% 18.4% 45.0% 35.6% 48.4% 39.9% 51.3% 46.4% 37.2% 49.9% 42.1% 53.1%
Maximum % Use Allowed 22 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 %
Factor of safety 4.5450 1.860 2.249 3.963 5.437 2.221 2.808 2.068 2.508 1.949 2.157 2.686 2.005 2.376 1.882
Factor of safety   Required 4.545 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429
Sag m 11.083 9.663 13.257
KALPATARU POWER TRANSMISSION LTD. DESIGN : 2220 / SAG‐1
GANDHINAGAR, INDIA
SAG TENSION CALCULATION
400 kV D/C; Quad ACSR MOOSE; WZ‐4 (47 m/sec)
OPGW ‐  OPGW ‐ 24 
Wire UNIT CONDUCTOR EARTHWIRE
NOT USED Fibre
Span L m 400 400 400 400
Make ACSR GSW Sterlite Sterlite
MOOSE 
FGB048‐1C7.5‐
Name / Product 54/3.53 +  7/3.66 1200
7/3.53
Overall Diameter D cm 3.177 1.098 1.25 1.2
Area A cm² 5.97 0.7365 0.8184 0.584
Unit weight Wt   kg/m 2.004 0.583 0.467 0.455
Ultimate strength T kg 16437.2 6974.6 9177.1 9472.8
Young's modulus E kg/cm² 7.036E+05 1.933E+06 1.252E+06 1.428E+06
Coefficient of expansα /°C 1.93E‐05 1.15E‐05 1.41E‐05 1.38E‐05

Factor  'G' Wt/A kg/m/cm² 0.33568 0.79158 0.57063 0.77911

Factor  'Z' (L*G)²*E/24 5.285E+08 8074807954 2718150205 5776937918
Factor  'X' L²*G/8 6713.56784 15831.6361 11412.5122 15582.19178
Starting case 
Temperature °C 32 0 0 0
Wind Pressure Wind kg/m² 0 0 0 0
K calculation by  FOS/LOAD/SAG FOS SAG SAG SAG
FOS/LOAD/SAG Required 4.545 8.697 8.697 8.697

Wind Pressure / leng Y=Wind*D/kg/m 0 0 0 0
Load factor ² Q²=1+(Y/WT)² 1 1 1 1
Working stress F1=Q*X/SAkg/m² 605.7274 1820.3639 1312.2412 1791.6821
F1=T/A*FOSR or
F1= LOADR/A
Factor  'K' F1‐Z*Q²/F1² ‐834.77507 ‐616.4131 ‐266.2644 ‐7.9171

CALCULATION FOR EARTHWIRE GSW  7/3.66  
Loading case no 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐ 
32° ‐ Nil  32° ‐ Full  32° ‐ 0.75  32° ‐ 0.8  32° ‐ 0.56  32° ‐ 0.894  32° ‐ 0.6873 
Case Description 0° ‐ Nil wind 53° ‐ Nil wind 0.76496  0.51745  0.85355  0.62941  0.93301  0.98296 
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Temperature °C 32 32 32 0 53 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
wind pressure kg/m² 0 294 220.5 0 0 224.898 152.130 250.944 185.047 274.305 235.2 164.6 262.8 202.1 289.0

Tension in Wire kg 1213 4370 3590 1341 1144 3638 2803 3920 3190 4167 3751 2952 4047 3384 4319
Stress in Wire kg/cm² 1647.4 5933.5 4874.0 1820.4 1553.1 4939.8 3805.9 5323.0 4331.1 5657.5 5092.7 4008.0 5494.3 4594.6 5863.8

% Use 17.4% 62.7% 51.5% 19.2% 16.4% 52.2% 40.2% 56.2% 45.7% 59.7% 53.8% 42.3% 58.0% 48.5% 61.9%
Maximum % Use Allowed 20 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 % 70 %
Factor of safety 5.75 1.60 1.94 5.20 6.10 1.92 2.49 1.78 2.19 1.67 1.86 2.36 1.72 2.06 1.62
Factor of safety   Required 5.000 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429 1.429
Sag m 9.610 8.697 10.194
% Sag of Earthwire to Sag of Con% 87% 90% 77%
CALCULATION FOR OPGW ‐ 24 Fibre OPGW ‐ 24 Fibre  
32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐  32° ‐ 
32° ‐ Nil  32° ‐ Full  32° ‐ 0.75  32° ‐ 0.8  32° ‐ 0.56  32° ‐ 0.894  32° ‐ 0.6873 
Case Description 0° ‐ Nil wind 53° ‐ Nil wind 0.76496  0.51745  0.85355  0.62941  0.93301  0.98296 
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wind wind wind wind wind wind 

Temperature ° C 32 32 32 0 53 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32 32
wind pressure kg/m² 0 294 220.5 0 0 224.898 152.130 250.944 185.047 274.305 235.2 164.6 262.8 202.1 289.0

Wind pressure / length kg/m 0.000 3.528 2.646 0.000 0.000 2.699 1.826 3.011 2.221 3.292 2.822 1.976 3.154 2.425 3.468
Load factor ² 1.000 61.122 34.819 1.000 1.000 36.181 17.098 44.802 24.818 53.337 39.478 19.854 49.052 29.401 59.091

Working load kg 937 4007 3302 1046 878 3346 2581 3602 2937 3824 3448 2718 3716 3115 3961
Working stress kg/cm² 1604.8 6861.5 5653.9 1791.7 1503.5 5729.3 4419.3 6167.0 5029.5 6548.0 5904.1 4654.9 6362.2 5333.2 6782.4

% Use 9.9% 42.3% 34.9% 11.0% 9.3% 35.3% 27.2% 38.0% 31.0% 40.4% 36.4% 28.7% 39.2% 32.9% 41.8%
Maximum % Use Allowed 20 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 % 45 %
Factor of safety 10.108 2.364 2.869 9.053 10.788 2.831 3.670 2.630 3.225 2.477 2.747 3.485 2.550 3.041 2.392
Factor of safety   Required 5.000 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222 2.222
Sag m 9.710 8.697 10.364
% Sag of OPGW to Sag of Condu % 88% 90% 78%