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.
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