Patents by Inventor Simin ZOU

Simin ZOU 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).

  • Patent number: 11199471
    Abstract: A system for testing aerodynamic characteristics of a high-speed moving vehicle-bridge system and subsidiary facilities thereof under a crosswind includes a vehicle model, a starting mechanism, a buffer mechanism, a wind tunnel test section and guide rails. The guide rails pass through the wind tunnel test section; the starting mechanism and the buffer mechanism are separately located at both ends of the guide rails. The guide rails include an acceleration section and a deceleration section. The starting mechanism is located in the acceleration section, and the buffer mechanism is located in the deceleration section; the vehicle model starts to run at the starting mechanism and stops at the buffer mechanism; an instantaneous speed of the vehicle model in the acceleration section is not less than 100 km/h. The present invention carries out simulation tests on various infrastructures, their subsidiary facilities and trains through scale models.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignees: CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY, NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY FOR CONSTRUCTION TECHNOLOGY OF HIGH SPEED RAILWAY
    Inventors: Xuhui He, Simin Zou, Hanfeng Wang
  • Publication number: 20200333212
    Abstract: A system for testing aerodynamic characteristics of a high-speed moving vehicle-bridge system and subsidiary facilities thereof under a crosswind includes a vehicle model, a starting mechanism, a buffer mechanism, a wind tunnel test section and guide rails. The guide rails pass through the wind tunnel test section; the starting mechanism and the buffer mechanism are separately located at both ends of the guide rails. The guide rails include an acceleration section and a deceleration section. The starting mechanism is located in the acceleration section, and the buffer mechanism is located in the deceleration section; the vehicle model starts to run at the starting mechanism and stops at the buffer mechanism; an instantaneous speed of the vehicle model in the acceleration section is not less than 100 km/h. The present invention carries out simulation tests on various infrastructures, their subsidiary facilities and trains through scale models.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Applicants: Central South University, National Engineering Laboratory for Construction Technology of High Speed Railway
    Inventors: Xuhui HE, Simin ZOU, Hanfeng WANG