A Novel Anti-skid Capability Testing Device for Port Rail-mounted Equipment: Mathematical Modeling and Experimental Investigation

Regarding to the lack of the effective method and equipment to test the anti-skid capability of port rail-mounted equipment along the rail. A novel anti-skid capability testing device (named as WACD) for port rail-mounted equipment is proposed in this paper. The mechanical model of the WACD is established to predict the maximum anti-skid capacity of the tested port rail-mounted equipment and analyze its working principle. After that, the experimental tests are carried out to verify the effectiveness and feasibility of the WACD. The test results confirm that the designed principle of the WACD is correct, and the testing device can be used to testing the anti-skid performance of the port rail-mounted equipment under the wind speed of 70 m/s. (paper)