Testing device for model of floating gate and method of using the same

• Main Authors: Guan, Guan, Pei, Fei, Jiang, Xiaoning, Lin, Yan, Yu, Yanyun
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.08.2018
• Subjects: BLASTING; EQUIPMENT FOR SHIPPING; HEATING; LIGHTING; MACHINES OR ENGINES FOR LIQUIDS; MEASURING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; OR A REACTIVE PROPULSIVE THRUST, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PHYSICS; PRODUCING MECHANICAL POWER; RELATED EQUIPMENT; SHIPS OR OTHER WATERBORNE VESSELS; TESTING; TESTING STATIC OR DYNAMIC BALANCE OF MACHINES ORSTRUCTURES; TESTING STRUCTURES OR APPARATUS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; TRANSPORTING; WEAPONS; WIND, SPRING WEIGHT AND MISCELLANEOUS MOTORS

A testing device for a model of a floating gate, the device including: a towing carriage including a platform and a moon pool; a square support mechanism including two upper transversal beams, two upper longitudinal beams, two I-shaped longitudinal beams, four lower beams, and straight plates disposed on two of the four lower beams; a dynamometric mechanism including a longitudinal tensiometer, a transversal tensiometer, and a signal transmitting terminal; a data acquisition mechanism including a computer and a signal receiving terminal; a casing mechanism including two stepped shafts and two rolling wheels; and a guide rod mechanism including an inner sleeve, an outer sleeve, and a connecting plate. One end of the connecting plate is connected to the lower end of the inner sleeve, and the other end thereof is connected to a deck of the floating gate.