Substations - Volume IX: Substation Structures

In Substations - Volume IX: Substation Structures, you'll learn ...

• Factors that may affect the choice of material and member type selected for substations structures
• Three types of substation structures related to the function served in the substation
• The difference between lattice, solid profile and semi-solid profile structures
• Determination of design loads for substation structures

Overview

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Credit: 3 CPD

Length: 33 pages

This 3-hour course is the ninth in a series of courses on the design of electrical substations. The courses do not necessarily have to be taken in order and, for the most part, are stand-alone courses.

This course provides a brief introduction to substation structural design issues and methodology.

Specific Knowledge or Skill Obtained

This course teaches the following specific knowledge and skills:

• The issues related to structural design of substations
• Structural types used in substations
• The benefits of each structural type
• How equipment support structures are designed
• How to calculate wind loads on structures
• How to calculate short circuit loads on structures
• How to calculate seismic loads on structures

Certificate of Completion

You will be able to immediately print a certificate of completion after passing a multiple-choice quiz consisting of 20 questions. CPD credits are not awarded until the course is completed and quiz is passed.