Wood Pole Overhead Lines (IEE Power & Energy Series) Book

1	The need for overhead lines	1
2	Statutory requirements	9
3	Surveying and profiling	29
4	Traditional and probabilistic design standards	41
5	Overhead line design	65
6	Mechanical design of poles, cross-arms and foundations	73
7	Weather loads, conductor sags and tensions	87
8	Conductor characteristics and selection	113
9	Bare, insulated and covered conductors	143
10	Line construction	167
11	Inspection techniques	177
12	Specific line inspection regimes	189
13	Condition assessment and health indices	197
14	Failure modes in overhead lines	213
15	Wood pole decay mechanisms and remedial treatments	221
16	Line and component susceptibility to weather effects	243
17	Live line working in the UK	267
18	Lightning and lightning protection	279
19	The future	309