recordAnnealed_Al_40

Annealed Al cable - AWG 4/0

Extends from BuildingSystems.Electrical.Transmission.MediumVoltageCables.Generic.

Information

Annealed aluminium cable with a cross-sectional AWG 4/0 (American Wire Gauge). This type of cable has the following properties 

Rdc  = 0.274278e-3 // Characteristic DC resistance at T = T_ref[Ohm/m]
T_ref= 298.15      // Reference temperature of the material [K]
d    = 13.005e-3   // Inner diameter [m]
D    = 30.353e-3   // Outer diameter [m]
Amp  = 285         // Ampacity [A]

Revisions

  • September 24, 2014, by Marco Bonvini:
    Revised structure of the record, now the temperature constant M is directly specified in the record.
  • Sept 19, 2014, by Marco Bonvini:
    Added User's guide.