Design and Analysis of Composite Utility Using GFRP Plastic Poles

The conventional poles are made up of steel, cement etc. These poles are mainly heavy weight, heavy duty of transportation, tough installation. The main disadvantage of concrete poles is in their relative weight, which drastically increases transportation and erection costs. Chemical influences on the structure also affect their performance. Concrete structures are subjected to corrosion of the steel reinforcement, resulting in further deterioration which leads to expensive maintenance. The present work is aims to design and analysis of a Glass Fiber reinforced Polymer Electric pole which can replace the existing conventional pole. The design aspects of GFRP poles will go on based on the standards. Electric poles are designed with respect to the prospective client requirements like Government Electrical Departments. The requirements will be converted in to the technical requirements. After meeting with technical requirement the designing parameters will be sorted out. ANSYS software is used by which the entire analysis will be carried out in FEM (Finite Element Method).