ASCE manual for Wood Pole

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ASCE manual for Wood Pole

leo5cn (Structural)

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4 Jul 13 09:48

Wondering if there's a ASCE manual for wood pole design, something like ASCE 10 for lattice towers ...

transmissiontowers (Structural) · Answer 1 · 2013-07-05 00:45:10

I don't think ASCE has one. The NESC code talks a lot about wood poles and ANSI O5.1 has properties and strength requirements. There are some RUS/REA documents you could look at. If you have PLS-CADD and PLS-POLE, they analyze poles and have decent users manuals with some references.

IIRC ASCE 10 is in final review for publication by the committee. ASCE 74 is currently in a revision trying to decide which wind maps will be used.

HTH

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oldrunner (Structural) · Answer 2 · 2013-07-07 22:53:03

I believe that AASHTO poles code has a chapter dealing with wood poles.

transmissiontowers (Structural) · Answer 3 · 2013-08-07 22:30:50

Good find. I had forgotten about that document. I recall seeing a presentation about it at a conference.

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