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Title Electric cables handbook / BICC Cables ; edited by G.F. Moore
Edition 3rd ed
Published Oxford ; Malden, Mass. : Blackwell Science, 1997

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 1098 pages) : illustrations
Contents Theory, Design and Principles Common to All Cable Types -- Basic Electrical Theory Applicable to Cable Design -- Materials Used in Cables -- Conductors -- Armour and Protective Finishes -- Cables in Fires -- Material and Design Considerations -- Cable Standards and Quality Assurance -- Current Carrying Capacity -- Short-circuit Ratings -- Technical Data Applicable to Cable Planning and Usage -- Wiring Cables, Flexible Cables and Cables for General Industrial Use -- Cables for Fixed Installations -- Flexible Cables and Cords -- Auxiliary Cables (Pilot and Telephone) -- Manufacture of General Wiring Cables -- Installation of General Wiring Cables -- Mineral Insulated Cables -- Supply Distribution Systems and Cables -- Supply Distribution Systems -- Distribution Cable Types, Design and Applications -- Paper Insulated Distribution Cables -- PVC Insulated Cables -- Thermoset Insulated Cables up to 3.3kV -- 600/1000 V Cables with Combined Neutral and Earth for Public Supply -- Service Distribution Cables -- Polymeric Insulated Distribution Cables for 6-30 kV -- Manufacture of Distribution Cables -- Installation of Distribution Cables -- Joints and Terminations for Distribution Cables -- Testing of Distribution Cables -- Transmission Systems and Cables -- Basic Cable Types for A.C. Transmission -- Self-contained Fluid-filled Cables -- Gas Pressure Cables -- High Pressure Fluid-filled Pipe Cables -- Polymeric Insulated Cables for Transmission Voltages -- Techniques for Increasing Current Carrying Capacity -- Transmission Cable Accessories and Jointing for Pressure-assisted and Polymeric Cables -- Installation of Transmission Cables -- Thermomechanical Design -- D.C. Cables -- Testing of Transmission Cable Systems -- Fault Location for Transmission Cables -- Recent Improvements and Development of Transmission Cables -- Submarine Distribution and Transmission -- Submarine Cables and Systems -- Submarine Cable Installation -- High Temperature Superconductivity -- Introduction to Superconductivity -- High Temperature Superconductors -- High Temperature Superconducting Power Cables -- Optical Fibres in Power Transmission Systems -- Introduction to Part 7 -- Principles of Optical Fibre Transmission and Manufacture -- Optical Fibre Cable Construction -- Composite Overhead Conductors -- All-dielectric Self-supporting Cables -- Wrap Cable -- Cables for Communication Applications -- Communication Systems -- Datacommunication Cables -- Twisted Pair Telecommunication Cables -- Symbols Used -- Conversion Factors and Multiple Metric Units -- Conductor Data -- Industrial Cables for Fixed Supply -- Cables for Fixed Installation in Buildings -- Cables for Fixed Installation (Shipwiring and Offshore) -- Flexible Cords and Cables -- Industrial Cables for Special Applications -- Mining Cables -- Mineral Insulated Wiring Cables -- Paper Insulated Distribution Cables -- PVC Insulated Distribution Cables -- XLPE Insulated Distribution Cables -- PVC Insulated House Service Cables -- Self-contained Fluid-filled Paper Insulated Cables -- PPL Insulated Self-contained Fluid-filled Transmission Cables -- XLPE Insulated Transmission Cables -- Minimum Installation Bending Radii -- Weibull distribution
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Electric cables -- Handbooks, manuals, etc
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Electrical.
Electric cables
Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals
Form Electronic book
Author Moore, G. F. (George F.)
BICC Cables Ltd.
LC no. 97024044
ISBN 0632063238
9780632063239
9781405179959
1405179953
9780632040759
0632040750