| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/J96260/01 |
| Title: |
DEVELOPMENT OF INSULATING SUPPORT STRUCTURES FOR 11 KV OVERHEAD LINES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Day, Professor RJ |
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Manchester Materials Science Centre |
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UMIST |
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LINK |
| Starts: |
01 July 1994 |
Ends: |
30 June 1996 |
Value (£): |
29,077
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| Materials Characterisation |
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Glass reinforced composites have good electrical properties and mechanical strength. This suggests that they would be useful materials for electrical transmission support structures. They are not commonly used for this application. This is because they do not offer a significant price advantage and their characteristics in electrical fields are no well understood, in particular the effect of water ingress and surface tracking. It is proposed to address these issues and, in particular, to explore the use of microwave curing on the productivity of pultrusion and on the interfaces in the composites thereby produced.
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