The thesis constitutes a systematic theoretical and experimental investigation into impulse breakdown voltage-time curves of coaxial-cylinder gaps in SF(,6) and a 50% SF(,6) - 50% N(,2) mixture. The breakdown time delay probability is treated as a bivariate distribution in statistical and formative time lags. A method is developed to deduce the marginal breakdown voltage probability curve from statistics of time delay. The experimental work was performed on 2.54/7.0-cm diameter, 60-cm long coaxial-cylinder electrodes using SF(,6) or SF(,6)-N(,2) mixtures at pressures of 0.1 - 0.3 MPa subjected to 0.5/50-(mu)s and 1.2/50-(mu)s impulses of both polarities. The effect of a spherical conducting particle attached to the central electrode of the coaxial-cylinder gap on the voltage-time characteristics is also investigated.

ADLash® is the trade name for an optical fibre cable attached to a transmission line shield wire using aramid-reinforced bands. The installation of this type of optic fibre cable has been considered for the HVDC line from the Songo hydroelectric scheme at Cahora Bassa in Mozambique, to Apollo substation in South Africa. The impact that installation of this cable will have on the onset of corona is examined. The shield wire with and without ADLash attached is modelled for both the actual line configuration and for corona cage studies. The electric field is calculated using the Method of Images and the Boundary Element Method to predict the electric field enhancements and to estimate the corona onset gradient. Corona onset gradients and phenomena for smooth and stranded conductors are researched to aid the prediction of voltage onset magnitudes for the corona cage. Estimated values are compared with observed values for both AC and DC applied voltages. Different patterns of corona and different corona onset voltages are observed for AC and negative DC applied voltages. The relative permittivity of the ADLash is higher than the surrounding air and this is shown to lead to greatly enhanced electric fields at the air/ dielectric/ shield wire interfaces that are significant enough to cause corona at the rated operating voltage. The corona will bombard the ADLash and probably damage it. Some alternative methods of installing fibre optic cables are reviewed for further research because the use of ADLash cannot be recommended. / Thesis (M.Sc.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, 2005.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Australia, 1996.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of South Australia, 1996.

Thesis (Ph. D.) -- McMaster University, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 165-168). Also available via World Wide Web.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--State University of New York at Binghamton, Department of Chemistry, 2006. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (MS)--Montana State University--Bozeman, 2009. / Typescript. Chairperson, Graduate Committee: Brock LaMeres. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 44-47).

[pt] A análise teórica de cabos de aço é bastante complexa. Durante anos, muitos tipos de cabos de aço têm sido testados experimentalmente para as mais diversas aplicações. No início dos anos 70, foi desenvolvido por Costello, um modelo teórico para prever as tensões de contacto entre os arames de uma perna de um cabo de aço. A partir deste modelo teórico, que possibilitou o estabelecimento das equações de equilíbrio de cada elemento do cabo, diversos trabalhos foram desenvolvidos na tentativa de solucionar as equações de cabos. Este sistema de equações é não linear e deve ser resolvido numericamente para os casos genéricos. Em 1994, uma aproximação linear para estas equações foi desenvolvida por Velinsky. Estas equações lineares de equilíbrio de cabos foram posteriormente generalizadas para geometrias e construções complexas. Este trabalho apresenta o desenvolvimento de um programa para análise de cabos de aço de geometria complexa. O trabalho inicialmente apresenta o estudo das deformações de um arame helicoidal. Diversos destes arames formam as pernas, que enrolados posteriormente produzirão os cabos de aço. As deformações do cabo de aço são estudadas a partir da deformação individual de cada uma das pernas que o constituem. O programa desenvolvido neste trabalho considera o comportamento de cabos de aço composto por qualquer número de pernas (estas com qualquer número de arames). Estes cabos de aço podem ainda ter ou não núcleo interno. Os algoritmos utilizados pelo programa baseiam-se nas equações desenvolvido por Phillips e Costello em 1993. Os resultados obtidos por este programa são comparados com diversos resultados experimentais e numéricos disponíveis na literatura. O programa se mostrou capaz de simular o comportamento em cabos de construção complexa. Carregamentos compostos pela combinação de tração, com torção e flexão e ainda o efeito da passagem do cabo por roldanas e tambores de enrolamento em guindastes foram testados. As tensões e deformações obtidas nas mais diversas geometria de cabos com ou sem núcleo interno mostraram excelente concordância em todas as comparações feitas. / [en] The theorical analysis of wine rope is rather complex. Over the years, may types of wine rope have been tested experimentally for various applications. In the early 1970, Costello developed a theorical model to predict the contact stress in the individual wires of a strand. This model led to a series of papers on the solution of their equations of equilibrium. These equations are highly nonlinear and must be solved numerically on the computer. Approximate linear equations have been derived by Velinsky et al (1994), and generealized for any kind of wire rope by others. This work shows the development and results of a computer program that has been developed to analyze complex cables. The analysis of a rope begins with a study of the deformation of a helical wire in a strand. By the deformation of all wires in a given strand, one determines the response of that strand. Again by the deformation of all strands in the rope, one determines the response of a rope. The program developed treats in a realistic manner the deformation and stress of ropes having or not internal-wire-ropes cores. The algorithms is built around the original nonlinear equation of Philips and Costello (1993). Numerical results is presented and compared with the experiments reports in the literature. The program is capable of simulating bahavior in various situations and complex constructions for rope loaded in tension with twisting and bending over a sheave or drum. The stress and strain of diferents wire ropes habving an internal-wire-rope core (IWRC) are obtained eficiently in all experiments. The results show that the presented implementation produce minimum variation between the theory or the expected results. Results may be extended to include other consideration of rope behavior as contact stress and friction effect.