Patents by Inventor Drahomir NOVAK

Drahomir NOVAK has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20230384209
    Abstract: An evaluation method for corrosion damage evolution of underwater concrete structures includes performing the time reversal test on the concrete beam specimen placed in the water, performing the uniaxial compression test on the concrete cube specimens; immersing the concrete beam specimen and the concrete cube specimens in a hydrochloric acid solution, and performing the time reversal test on the concrete beam specimen on the 10th, 20th and 30th days respectively. At the same time, a concrete cube specimen is taken out to perform the uniaxial compression test on the 10th, 20th and 30th days respectively; and using the above calculation results to evaluate the corrosion evolution process thereof without damaging the underwater concrete structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: Hohai University, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, Jiangsu Dongjiao Intelligent Control Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Maosen CAO, Li WEI, Jie WANG, Tongfa DENG, Dragoslav SUMARAC, Xiangdong QIAN, Lei SHEN, Nizar Faisal ALKAYEM, Drahomir NOVAK
  • Publication number: 20230341280
    Abstract: A cable tension calculation method simultaneously considering the sag, inclination angle and bending stiffness includes: querying basic parameters of a stay cable according to design data and construction data; considering influences of the sag, the inclination angle ? and the bending stiffness EI, to calculate dimensionless parameters ?, ? and ?2; testing an acceleration response of the stay cable by an acceleration sensor, to identify a frequency ? of the acceleration response of the stay cable, further calculating a dimensionless frequency {circumflex over (?)} of the stay cable and the dimensionless parameters ?, ? and ?2, and substituting the dimensionless frequency {circumflex over (?)} of the stay cable into a vibration characteristic equation, to establish a function relation between the dimensionless frequency {circumflex over (?)} and a cable tension H* of the stay cable; and solving a root of the vibration characteristic equation, and identifying the cable tension H* of the stay cable according to
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: Hohai University, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Maosen CAO, Xin ZHANG, Tongfa DENG, Drahomir NOVAK, Dragoslav SUMARAC, Yufeng ZHANG, Shuai LI, Xiangdong QIAN, Shuaitao HU, Kai ZHU