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Buried ducts for medium voltage cables

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Hello everyone,


Is there any BS or IEC standard indicating typical configurations for multiple ducts buried in the ground? This is mainly in relation to medium voltage cables.


Specifically, I wondered if there was a standard giving guidance on typical arrangements used for multiple ducts to be laid in the ground (e.g ducts arrangement like 3 x 5 or 4 x 4) and backfilling material requirements (e.g. ducts surrounded by concrete or other back fill materials etc..). I am aware of all the minimum depths form the ground level, depending on the conditions (e.g. carriageways, footways, arable land etc..) but I wondered if there were also indications from BS or IEC documents for typical layouts / engineering solutions.


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    Hi OMS. Your one are all valid considerations. 

    I wondered if for multi layer arrangements of ducts - in addition to right space between ducts and right backfill materials to be used - there where also particular considerations to carry out in terms of mechanical stresses. 

    For example, one duct could be buried at X m depth under carriageway, but in case of a multilayer arrangement (e.g.3 x 3) then the shallowest row of ducts should be deeper then X m? Hence my question about  typical arrangements..
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    Hi OMS. Your one are all valid considerations. 

    I wondered if for multi layer arrangements of ducts - in addition to right space between ducts and right backfill materials to be used - there where also particular considerations to carry out in terms of mechanical stresses. 

    For example, one duct could be buried at X m depth under carriageway, but in case of a multilayer arrangement (e.g.3 x 3) then the shallowest row of ducts should be deeper then X m? Hence my question about  typical arrangements..
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