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- Dictionarycounterpoise/ˈkaʊntəpɔɪz/
noun
- 1. a factor or force that balances or neutralizes another: "the organization sees the power of Brussels as a counterpoise to that of London"
verb
- 1. have an opposing and balancing effect on: "they make a delightful couple, his gentle intellectuality counterpoised by her firm practicality"
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Apr 29, 2008 · Counterpoise is a grounding electrode made up of buried wire, often used with transmission towers. "Continuous" counterpoise is sometimes used where the wire is buried continuously between towers. rbulsara (Electrical) 29 Apr 08 14:42. jghrist:
Aug 22, 2021 · thread238-215783: What's a Counterpoise? I have recently joined a government (DoD) engineering consulting firm (as Elec engineering role) who is involved in designing new and upgrade of fuel facilities handling petroleum fuels with outdoor canopy roof structures Flat roof, Gable roof etc calling for Lightning Protection system upgrade or installation per NFPA 780 "Chapter 7- Protection of Structures containing Flammable Vapors, Flammable Gases or liquids that can give off Flammable Vapors".
Mar 5, 2007 · These are generically called constant support hangers. Grinnell and others still make them. There should be a tag on the existing hanger giving all the info you need. I have a Basic Engineers Counterpoise catalog but it's hardly 1950s vintage. Mine has a print date of 1985 but maybe not much has changed.
Aug 23, 2021 · Is Ground counterpoise term used for Ground loop OR Ground ring provided around the perimeter of a structure to be protected from lightning strikes Provided with Air Terminals connected together with bare lightning conductor through which minimum 2 down conductors are run individually to a 3/4" X 10 Ft ground rods or a 4/0 bare ground loop (also called counter poise?)
Feb 10, 2017 · cvg (Civil/Environmental) 10 Feb 17 15:51. select fill or select material is locally defined and generally project specific. It will be different if this for use in a landfill, structures, landscaping or for road construction. For instance, landfill select fill would be lean clay, clayey sand or clayey gravel.
Mar 13, 2009 · Imagine the left edge is datum A. Dimension the center as basic from datum A. Dimension the right edge as basic from datum A and some sort of feature control on the right edge. Now add basic dimensions from the centerline to your symmetrical hole pattern with position controls for each hole.
Feb 24, 2015 · CEPEJack (Civil/Environmental) (OP) 24 Feb 15 16:48. In the context of a horizontal alignment, what direction is considered up-station and what direction is considered down-station? For example, say we are at Sta 15+00. Is Sta 12+00 considered down-station, or up-station of our location? Replies continue below.
May 29, 2008 · VARs happen naturally. Inductive loads, like motors, light ballasts and others draw VARs. Also most power delivery lines are inductive and draw VARs to deliver power. These VARs are "lagging" VARs. It is necessary and cost efficient to compensate for those lagging VARS with leading VARs that tend to cancel them out.
Jun 12, 2021 · Define a shell element with the G and t from #1. At this point, your in-plane shear stiffness is correct, but the weight and orthotropic bending stiffnesses are way low. 3. Get the psf from the deck catalog. Compute the psf of your very thin shell. Divide these to get the property modifier on mass and weight. 4.
Mar 13, 2007 · This allows us to set a vertical dimension from the top of wall to the roof plane which sets the height of the roof. The work point is usually selected to also be tied in with plan dimensions as well. UcfSE (Structural) 13 Mar 07 08:45. It may also show where centerlines intersect with the edge of a member, showing the detailer how to layout ...
