Nip&Tuck®
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Nip&Tuck is a unique design tool that uses the “tension field method” of calculating conductor sag, instead of the simplified and more common “ruling span method”. Nip&Tuck lets an engineer test various techniques to resolve clearance problems on a span-by-span basis.
With Nip&Tuck, engineers are allowed the freedom to:
- Remove sections of conductor wire in any span (the “nip”).
- Shift conductor clamps at any non-deadend structure (the “tuck”).
- Add weights to the swinging insulators on any structure.
Nip&Tuck also accounts for changes that occur due to the inherent elasticity of any structure by allowing an engineer to model and input tower flexibility.
With its interface to TL-Pro Design Studio, much of the data required for Nip&Tuck’s calculations (such as common sag/tension data and stringing information, project elevation, span lengths, design temperature, line angles, and minimum catenary constant for each span) can be acquired from a TL-Pro project. Profile and catenary information can also be copied and pasted directly from TLCADD and other line design software packages by using Nip&Tuck's embedded MS Excel interface.