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Sep 20, 2022
Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures 2022

A New Approach to Substation Structure Foundation Design

Publication: Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures 2022: Innovating for Critical Global Infrastructure

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While helical piles and screw anchors have been around for decades and used in a variety of industries, they haven’t been widely used to support substation structures. By employing an innovative structural grillage with integrated multi-pile foundation design, which allows for adjustment in multiple directions for ease of installation, the grillage can be designed to transfer the forces from the substation structure to the helical piles. This paper will demonstrate how using some basic principles of structural engineering coupled with finite element analysis, an innovative structural grillage was developed to transfer typical substation structure forces into the helical foundations. The designs were confirmed by full scale testing. This paper will provide detailed and informative design information and test results.

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AISC (American Institute of Steel Construction). 2011. Steel Construction Manual, 14th Edition. AISC.
Acceptance Criteria for Helical Pile Systems and Devices. 2016. AC358. ICC-ES.

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Electrical Transmission and Substation Structures 2022: Innovating for Critical Global Infrastructure
Pages: 302 - 309
Editor: Tim Cashman
ISBN (Online): 978-0-7844-8446-3

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Published online: Sep 20, 2022
Published in print: Sep 20, 2022

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Daniel Beard, M.ASCE [email protected]
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Senior Design Engineer, Meyer Utility Structures, LLC, Memphis, TN. E-mail: [email protected]
P.E.
Engineering Consultant, Memphis, TN. E-mail: [email protected]
Jeff Wilkinson [email protected]
Director of Marketing and Product Development, Meyer Utility Structures, LLC, Olathe, KS. E-mail: [email protected]

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