Hunan Electric Power ›› 2026, Vol. 46 ›› Issue (3): 146-152.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.1008-0198.2026.03.019

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Research on Galloping Suppression of Iced Conductors Based on Suspended Tuned Mass Damper

WANG Haibo1,2, NIU Huawei1,2, YANG Zheng1,2, ZHANG Guoqiang3, SHANG Xin4, LI Bo4, CHEN Zhengqing1,2   

  1. 1. College of Civil Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha 410082, China;
    2. State Key Laboratory of Bridge Engineering Safety and Resilience, Changsha 410082, China;
    3. Institute of Disaster Prevention and Reduction Technology for Power Grid Facilities,State Grid Electric Power Engineering Research Institute, Beijing 100069, China;
    4. State Grid Eastern Inner Mongolia Electric Power Company Limited Research Institute,Hohhot 010020, China
  • Received:2025-12-17 Revised:2025-12-30 Online:2026-06-25 Published:2026-07-07

Abstract: To address the issue of iced conductors galloping, finite element models of both single and six-bundle conductor lines are established to analyze their galloping response characteristics. To suppress galloping, a control strategy based on a suspended tuned mass damper(TMD) is proposed. Based on the ANSYS finite element platform, refined finite element models of a single conductor and a six-bundle conductor are established respectively to simulate and analyze the entire galloping process. Key damper parameters are designed in accordance with modal analysis results and the theory of TMD parameter optimization. By studying the influence of TMD placement strategies-single-point, two-point, and three-point arrangements at the mid-span and quarter-points-as well as the mass ratio, it is found that the three-point configuration most effectively suppresses galloping across the entire line. When the mass ratio is 2%, basic galloping suppression can be achieved, and the suspension TMD scheme has a significant effect on galloping suppression performance.

Key words: transmission lines, iced conductor galloping, suspended TMD, galloping suppression

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