Quick Pole Verification

The maximum tension and maximum sag of a wire attachment are required to feed the structural analysis and clearance processes, plus to address some code requirements directly. The maximum tension condition will be one of many weather conditions that a tool is expected to evaluate. It should not be assumed to be the worst storm condition as sometimes low temperature conditions can generate even greater tensions.

As a guide, the following conditions would be expected to generate calculation results:

• Maximum storm conditions.
• Storm conditions at the freezing point and with no wind. This is an ice loading only scenario.
• Various temperatures from the lowest temperature expected up to the thermal limit required in the code.
• Other weather conditions dictated by the structure owner.
• Nonlinear load and creep material characteristics (extremely rare not to be present).