The present work deals with reducing greenhouse gas emissions through improving the life span of wooden power electric
poles of Eucalyptus saligna. Indeed, in Sub-Saharan African countries, Cameroon
in particular, most of the power line networks are made of wooden supports and
according to the Cameroon energy distribution company, wooden poles represent
32% of the causes of death linked to the state of the network. The company’s 2019
annual report indicates that 40,000 wooden
poles were in critical condition andshould
be replaced. A significant number of mechanical failures affecting these
supports have been observed. For example, on
the HVA/LV power line “D17 Nko- abang” in
Yaoundé in Cameroon, less than three years old, 10 (ten) cases of poles falling
and/or breaking, due to their mechanical loading, were observed over a period
of fewer than nine months, causing an average service stoppage for more than 11
hours and affecting an average of 3280 customers. These incidents lead to
questionsabout how the supports are dimensioned and what load capacities they are designed
to support. The aim of this work is, therefore, to
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