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IN a paper on reinforced concrete supports read recently in London by Messrs. E. C. Neate and W. F. Bowling before the Institution of Electrical Engineers, consideration is first given to previous work done in Great Britain, and this is followed by a discussion of the requirements of a reinforced-concrete transmission-line pole. Details of experimental poles are given with an analysis of the results of tests to destruction. A graphical method of design is developed, and sufficient information is provided to enable future work to be undertaken on the bases established. An expression is obtained for the deflexion of a pole under load, and it is shown that deflexion cannot be taken as a criterion for proof-test purposes. The authors discuss fabrication and erection methods, and the paper concludes with a survey of the advantages and disadvantages of the concrete pole, reference being made to a questionnaire issued to a number of users in Great Britain.
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Transmission Line Supports. Nature 153, 679 (1944). https://doi.org/10.1038/153679b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/153679b0