Although much effort has been devoted in the last decade to solve the problem of synthesizing the frequency dependent transformation matrix in unbalanced multiphase cable system, we believe the best solution is to completely eliminate the necessity of the frequency dependent transformation matrix. This paper presents advances in the development of a new cable model (zCable) which splits the rep...

In the present study, an experimental investigation was performed to characterize the vortex induced vibration (VIV) of a flexible cable in an oncoming shear flow. The VIV tests were conducted in a wind tunnel with a flexible cable model. It was found that, under different oncoming velocity profiles, the cable model behaved in single-mode and multi-mode VIVs. The displacement amplitudes of the ...

Inclined cables are essential structural elements that are used most prominently in cable stayed bridges. When the bridge deck oscillates due to an external force, such as passing traffic, cable vibrations can arise not only in the plane of excitation but also in the perpendicular plane. This undesirable phenomenon can be modelled as an auto-parametric resonance between the in-plane and out-of-...

We evaluated the potential of a fiber optic cable connected to distributed temperature sensing (DTS) technology to withstand wildland fire conditions and quantify fire behavior parameters. We used a custom-made 'fire cable' consisting of three optical fibers coated with three different materials-acrylate, copper and polyimide. The 150-m cable was deployed in grasslands and burned in three presc...

Cable-stayed bridges are one of the most popular types of long-span bridges. The structural behaviour of cable-stayed bridges is sensitive to the load distribution between the girder, pylons, and cables. The determination of pretensioning cable stresses is critical in the cable-stayed bridge design procedure. By finding the optimum stresses in cables, the load and moment distribution of the bri...

Cable bacteria induce long-distance electron transport in the seafloor and can exert a powerful control on the elemental cycling in marine sediments by creating extreme excursions in porewater pH. Yet, the natural distribution of cable bacteria is still largely unknown, and so their role in coastal biogeochemical cycling remains poorly quantified. Here we show that cable bacteria can be abundan...

The ac losses in superconducting composites have been a subject of study for a long time, but nevertheless several problems remain to be solved, especially with respect to large-scale cables where the geometry of the cable plays an important role. Some of the aspects that will be considered here, are: presence of fields parallel with the conductor, coupling loss in composite conductors having v...

In this paper a diagnostics technique is presented for localization of degraded regions along an XLPE insulated power cable. The diagnostics would help to develop a strategy for condition based maintenance of old XLPE power cables. A design of the diagnostics system and results of measurements performed on two power cables are presented. The measurements data is processed in order to localize t...

An investigation of the current distribution in a 3-phase triaxial superconducting cable was conducted to study the phase imbalance under steady-state operation and to assist in the construction of a transient model to study operational impacts in a power grid. The triaxial cable consisted of three superconducting concentric phases inside a copper shield, with each phase composed of multiple la...