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BusForce

Loads on flexible busbars

The loads at the dead-end points, load case by load case — from self weight to short circuit.

Inside the program

BusForce screen: profile of a 60 m span with an 8 m height difference, dead-end insulator strings and an off-center in-span insulator string; in the foreground, the tensions and dead-end loads.

Outputs

ReportPDF with the results and the calculation log.
MethodologyPDF with the equations and stated assumptions.
SummariesFormatted exports to Word and Excel.
Stringing tableExport of the sag-tension table to DXF.
BIMRevit interoperability plugin.

Standards

IEC 60865Overhead Power Lines (Kiessling)

The other three

01 BusRatingElectrical sizing of busbars

Ampacity, corona effect and short-circuit thermal withstand of bare overhead busbars. Preliminary mechanical validation of rigid busbars and insulators.IEEE 738 · CIGRE 207 · IEEE 605 · IEC 60865

03 SupForceLoads on equipment and supports

Loads on switchyard equipment, to define the design loads for the support structures.IEC 60865 · Overhead Power Lines (Kiessling)

04 GridDesignSubstation grounding grids

Potential analysis of grids with complex geometry. Soil stratification in multiple layers. Touch-voltage analysis on fences and grounded elements outside the grid. CAD interface.IEEE 80

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