• DocumentCode
    1027581
  • Title

    The Performance or Bare Aluminum Wire as Armoring Material for Submarine Cables

  • Author

    Jenks, I.H. ; Wright, T.E.

  • Author_Institution
    Aluminium Laboratories, Ltd.
  • Volume
    82
  • Issue
    66
  • fYear
    1963
  • fDate
    6/1/1963 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    379
  • Lastpage
    382
  • Abstract
    Some instances of use of bare aluminum wire for armoring submarine cables are cited. Particular emphasis is placed on an early installation of ALCAN 57S (AA5052) armored cable between the British Columbia mainland and Bowen Island. Several supporting experimental installations of the same cable, tested up to 10 years, showed loss of mechanical properties of the armoring to be very slight. Additional tests of simulated cable under a wide variety of conditions gave conclusive evidence that aluminum is satisfactory for this application.
  • Keywords
    Aluminum; Cable insulation; Cable shielding; Chromium; Copper; Galvanizing; Iron; Testing; Underwater cables; Wire;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Power Apparatus and Systems, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0018-9510
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TPAS.1963.291367
  • Filename
    4072808