Full scale mechanical testing and simulation
Over several months Krabbenhøft & Ingolfsson has been helping out Valmont SM and Scottish and Southern Electricity with the full scale mechanical testing of the new single conductor overhead line pylon family, the NeSTS 132kV SC.
In addition to the instrumentation, data analysis and coordination of the tests, K+I provided FE simulations of the prototype structures.
Valmont SM created a video of the testing, featuring our own engineer Nuno Martins:
FE-simulation of the prototype
Installation of test equipment on the NeSTS 132kV SC prototype