ABSTRACT
The reduced scale physical model is a single span bundle with eight sub-conductors and no spacer is installed for simplicity. A high strength buckle was used to connect the bundle to the dead end at the left end and the right end of the bundle is connected to a tension sensor first by using a buckle, and then the tension sensor is connected to a screw, which is used to adjust the conductor tension. Five laser sensors are set underneath the conductor bundle on the test platform. The lumped mass was hung on the bundle with a rope to model the ice load and the ice shedding phenomenon is modelled by suddenly cutting the rope. The experimental setup is shown in Fig. 1.
