The addition of flexural stiffeners on the transformer cover plates was explored as a means to stiffen the base of the bushings and mitigate their seismic vulnerability. Numerical and experimental ...

Transformer manufacturers and field operators have always benefited when new technologies are applied during design, manufacturing, commissioning, and operational processes that improve the quality ...

Keywords: High voltage bushing structures. Seismic performance. Stiffening techniques. Vulnerability. Damage mitigation. Numerical simulations. Shaking table tests ...