What's a good text/resource about the design of electrical power transmission lines?

Question

Please recommend a good text/resource about the design of power transmission lines. I'm interested in knowing about the qualitative decisions: the physical tensions of the lines, use of mechanical vibration dampers, are lines a continuous cable or separate segments between each of the towers. What bad things happen if the spacing between cables, insulators at towers, etc. are not uniform? How do power lines work where there are pairs of cables rather than one: what are the benefits and design constraints? I'm interested in a breadth of knowledge rather than a depth: I want to understand the engineering tradeoffs. If an online reference exists that talks about such things, great. If you feel like diving in and giving a brief survey of the engineering principles, that's even better. Otherwise, please recommend a text that provides a survey of the engineering issues in electrical power transmission line design. Thanks!

Answer 1

Try to get a copy of Westinghouse "Transmission and Distribution Handbook".

Answer 2

The only book that I know of is available at Amazon.com in its professional and technical book section.

It's a Schaums outline series boo, out of print but still available

Transmission Lines (Schaum's Outline Series) (Paperback)
by Robert A. Chipman (Author)
The following is the table of contents:

1. Introduction
2. Postulates, symbols, and notation
3. The Differential Equations of the Uniform Transmission Line
4. Traveling Harmonic Waves
5. Propagation Characteristics and Distributed Circuit Coefficients
6. Distributed Circuit Coefficients and Physical Design
7. Impedence Relations
8. Standing Wave Patterns
9. Graphical Aids to Transmission Line Calculations
10. Resonant Transmission Line Circuits

Answer 3

mostly because of the fact automobiles and residential equipment are customers and potential lines are providers and characteristic no longer fixed KVA value. The KVA value of a potential line can variety from 0 each and each of how as much as the entire producing potential of the feeder transformer. in spite of if automobiles and residential equipment are KW/KVA rated, this score ability no longer something without the voltage score.