Author: Leonid Gurevitch, Energoservice, JCS
Keywords: computer-aided simulation, finite element method, plastically crimped wires, deformation, wires for highways, construction, strength, modulus of elasticity.
Abstract: It is described the results of applying computer-aided simulation at all stages of creation of plastically crimped conductors used in overhead transmission lines, including optimization of the conductor design to achieve the service properties required by consumers and to determine the technological parameters of production.