Cable Design for Trapezoidally Shaped Conductor

Code Name: 556.6 kcmil, ACSS/TW (HS/MA3) DOVE Type: 16

Governing Standard ASTM or CSA ASTM Total Cross Sectional Area of cndr 0.5083 in² ( 328.0 mm²)
AAC, ACSR, or ACSS ACSS Annular Alum area 606.3 kcmil
Aluminum Cross-Sectional Area 556.6 kcmil ( 282.0 mm²) Fill factor 91.8 %
Calculated Cable OD 0.850 in ( 21.60 mm ) Design Area Alum. 556.6 kcmil
Diameter of a strand wire in Core Strand 0.1138 in ( 2.89 mm ) Actual Alum. area 556.6 kcmil
No. Strand(s) in Core 7 No. Al. strands 20
No. of Alum. Wire Layers 2
No. Strands in 1st Layer 8 Al. in 1st layer 39.32 %
No. Strands in 2nd Layer 12 Al. in 2nd layer 60.67 %

Steel - GA, MA, HS, MS or S1A or S3A or AW MS MA3

Conductivity of outer aluminum (%IACS) 63.0 % ASTM B857 for overall conductor
Conductivity of inner core (%IACS) 8.0 % ASTM B609 for 1350 O aluminum
Frequency of Operation 50 Hz ASTM B803 for High Strength Misch Metal "MS" Steel

Conductor Design:

Diameter of Steel Core .3414 in ( 8.67 mm )

1st Layer - number of wires = 8
Equiv. Round Wire Dia. .1654 in ( 4.20 mm ) Area per strand 27.36 kcmil 13.86 mm2
Diameter Over Layer .5958 in ( 15.13 mm ) Height "t" 0.1272 in 3.23 mm
2nd Layer - number of wires = 12
Equiv. Round Wire Dia. .1678 in ( 4.26 mm ) Area per strand 28.14 kcmil 14.26 mm2
Diameter Over Layer .8502 in ( 21.60 mm ) Height "t" 0.1272 in 3.23 mm RIGHT HAND

Mechanical Properties:
Aluminum (1350-0) Steel (MA3) Total
Conductor Mass 523 lb/kft 778 kg/km 241 lb/kft 359 kg/km 764 lb/kft 1137 kg/km
Conductor Area .4371 sq.in. 282.0 sq.mm .0712 sq.in. 45.9 sq.mm .5083 sq.in. 328.0 sq.mm
Rated Strength 3570 lb 15.9 kN 16380 lb 72.9 kN 20000 lb * 88.7 kN
Tensile Strength Basis 8500 psi 60 MPa 230000 psi 1590 MPa * value rounded to nearest 100lb unit
Strength Derating Factor 0.96 0.96 1 1

Thermal Heat Capacity 125.8 W.s/ft per F 743.1 W.s/m per C 28.9 W.s/ft per F 170.8 W.s/m per C

Electrical Properties: @ 50 Hz
Temperature dc Resistance ac Resistance ac Resistance ac Resistance
20 C 0.029617 ohm/kft 0.02974 ohm/kft 0.1570 ohm/mile 0.0976 ohm/km
( 0.097175 ohm/km)
25 C 0.030233 ohm/kft 0.03035 ohm/kft 0.1603 ohm/mile 0.0996 ohm/km
50 C 0.033314 ohm/kft 0.03342 ohm/kft 0.1765 ohm/mile 0.1097 ohm/km
75 C 0.036394 ohm/kft 0.03649 ohm/kft 0.1927 ohm/mile 0.1197 ohm/km
100 C 0.039474 ohm/kft 0.03957 ohm/kft 0.2089 ohm/mile 0.1298 ohm/km
125 C 0.042554 ohm/kft 0.04264 ohm/kft 0.2251 ohm/mile 0.1399 ohm/km
150 C 0.045635 ohm/kft 0.04571 ohm/kft 0.2414 ohm/mile 0.1500 ohm/km
175 C 0.048715 ohm/kft 0.04879 ohm/kft 0.2576 ohm/mile 0.1601 ohm/km
200 C 0.051795 ohm/kft 0.05186 ohm/kft 0.2738 ohm/mile 0.1702 ohm/km

GMR 0.0287 feet 0.876 cm

Inductive Reactance @ 1ft radius (0.3048m) 0.0680 ohm/kft @50 Hz 0.3589 ohm/mile @50 Hz 0.2230 ohm/km @50 Hz
Capacitive Reactance @ 1ft radius (0.3048m) 0.6278 megohm-kft @50 Hz 0.1189 megohm-mile 0.1913 megohm-km @50 Hz

aluminum stranding factor = 1.0225

NOTE: The information contained here is intended for evaluation by technically skilled persons.

Dioni calc rev April 21, 2008

data sheet ACSS TW DOVE (MA3).xls 12/16/2013