%0 Journal Article %1 lanteigne1988mechanical %A Lanteigne, Jacques %A Dugre, Marcel %A de Tourreil, Claude %D 1988 %K analysis cantilever distribution failure fibreglassreinforced insulators load plastics polymer %T MECHANICAL RATING SCHEME FOR POLYMER DISTRIBUTION POST INSULATORS %X The objective of this study is to provide Canadian utilities with a means of rapidly evaluating polymer line post insulators and determining their minimum mechanical characteristics in order to establish their equivalence to conventional porcelain insulators. The report covers the following aspects: 1) Experimental data for evaluating the mechanical behavior of insulator core materials 2) Finite-element computations of the stress distribution and determination of prevailing failure modes and preferred failure locations 3) Tests 4) Improvements and rating scheme.

@article{lanteigne1988mechanical, abstract = {The objective of this study is to provide Canadian utilities with a means of rapidly evaluating polymer line post insulators and determining their minimum mechanical characteristics in order to establish their equivalence to conventional porcelain insulators. The report covers the following aspects: 1) Experimental data for evaluating the mechanical behavior of insulator core materials 2) Finite-element computations of the stress distribution and determination of prevailing failure modes and preferred failure locations 3) Tests 4) Improvements and rating scheme.}, added-at = {2021-03-04T22:45:50.000+0100}, author = {Lanteigne, Jacques and Dugre, Marcel and de Tourreil, Claude}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/20f96e1f1cbd78c9a5a66e7a76b3e1d45/chkokalis}, interhash = {79f90878198af4777b1fcd5639a4bd74}, intrahash = {0f96e1f1cbd78c9a5a66e7a76b3e1d45}, keywords = {analysis cantilever distribution failure fibreglassreinforced insulators load plastics polymer}, timestamp = {2021-03-19T17:16:18.000+0100}, title = {MECHANICAL RATING SCHEME FOR POLYMER DISTRIBUTION POST INSULATORS}, year = 1988 }