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3M™ Aluminum Conductor Composite Reinforced (ACCR) and all accessories have undergone thorough testing.

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Tensile Strength & Stress-Strain Behavior
Aeolian Vibration
Creep
DC Resistance
Galloping
High Voltage Corona
Impact, Torsion, Crush
Installation Process
Lightning Strike
Corrosion
Post-Use Analysis of Outdoor Line
Special Weather Events – ice loading, extreme cold, extreme heat
Dead Ends & Splices
High Temperature Current Cycle Tests
Other Accessories
Short Circuit

Report Number	ACCR Size	Test Subject	PDF File Size
Tensile Strength & Stress-Strain Behavior
1	477	Tensile Strength and Stress-Strain	333 Kb
6	795	Sustained Load Test – Conductor Only	178 Kb
12	1272	Tensile Strength and Stress-Strain	346 Kb
18	477	Rated Breaking Strength	354 Kb
24	596/TW	Tensile Strength, Stress-Strain and Resistance	464 Kb
27	477	Stress-Strain Test #2 - ORNL	315 Kb
28	795	Conductor Strength	355 Kb
31	774	46/37 River Crossing Conductor - Damper Efficiency Test	116 Kb
32	795	Stress-Strain Room Temperature	326 Kb
39	675/TW	ACA Full Tension Splice Tensile Strength	403 Kb
48	795	Tensile Production Lot	306 Kb
58	774-T53	Tensile Strength and Stress-Strain	298 Kb
62	1272	Polynomial Derivation	163 Kb
67	477	Core Mapping	468 Kb
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Aeolian Vibration
504	795	WAPA Fargo Field Trial Summary	275 Kb
43	1272	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	197 Kb
73	477	PLP Thermolign® Dead End Sustained Load	183 Kb
76	477	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	233 Kb
78	596/TW	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	147 Kb
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Creep
2	477	Room Temperature Creep	424 Kb
3	477	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	301 Kb
504	795	WAPA Fargo Field Trial Summary	275 Kb
6	795	Sustained Load Test – Conductor Only	178 Kb
11	477	Core Only – High Temperature Creep	414 Kb
42	795	ACA Compression Dead End Sustained Load – High Temperature	687 Kb
49	1272	Room Temperature Creep	324 Kb
50	477	ACCR Power Law Creep Fits	437 Kb
51	795	ACCR Power Law Creep Fits	472 Kb
53	795	Stress-Strain Polynomial Coefficients for Design Software	459 Kb
54	477	Stress-Strain Polynomial Coefficients for Design Software	476 Kb
61	1272	Creep Fits	166 Kb
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DC Resistance
9	795	Resistance	450 Kb
22	477/1272	Resistance	188 Kb
24	596/TW	Tensile Strength, Stress-Strain and Resistance	464 Kb
66	N/A	Al-Zr Temperature Coefficient of Resistance	219 Kb
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Dead Ends & Splices
52	795	PLP Thermolign® Splice Current Cycle	900 Kb
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Galloping
43	1272	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	197 Kb
76	477	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	233 Kb
78	596/TW	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	147 Kb
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High Temperature Current Cycle
52	795	PLP Thermolign® Splice Current Cycle	900 Kb
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High Voltage Corona
45	795	PLP Thermolign® Dead End	249 Kb
46	795	PLP Thermolign® Splice	146 Kb
73	477	PLP Thermolign® Dead End Sustained Load	183 Kb
75	477	PLP Thermolign® Splice	273 Kb
76	477	PLP Thermolign® Suspension Assembly	233 Kb
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Impact, Torsion, Crush
10	477/795	Impact Torsion & Crush Tests	698 Kb
64	774	DC Resistance & Torsion	385 Kb
90	477	477 Drop Test	191 Kb
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Installation Process
503	N/A	WAPA Phoenix Field Trial Summary	206 Kb
504	N/A	WAPA Fargo Field Trial Summary	275 Kb
505	N/A	BPA Field Trial Summary	111 Kb
506	675/TW	ORNL 675/TW Field Trial Summary	960 Kb
509	1272	ORNL 1272 Field Test	2.2 Mb
512	477	ORNL 477 Evaluation	1.0 Mb
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Lightning Strike
33	477/795	Lightning Resistance	1.0 Mb
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Corrosion
59	795	Corrosion Salt Spray	900 Kb
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Post-Use Analysis of Outdoor Line
6	795	Sustained Load Test – Conductor Only	178 Kb
513	1272	ORNL 1272 ACCR Evaluation	2.2 Mb
512	477	ORNL 477 Evaluation	1.0 Mb
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Special Weather Events – ice loading, extreme cold, extreme heat
503	N/A	WAPA Phoenix Field Trial Summary	206 Kb
504	N/A	WAPA Fargo Field Trial Summary	275 Kb
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Other Accessories
88	795	ACCR Twin Spacer Heat Profile Test	110 Kb
89	795	Marker Spheres for ACCR	429 Kb
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Short Circuit
94	477/795	Comparison of Short Circuit Performance of ACCR to ACSR Conductors	15.2 Mb
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