Patents by Inventor Zhiqian DONG

Zhiqian DONG 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: 20250138209
    Abstract: A multi-mode surface-wave free-field inversion method based on dispersion properties of layered media addresses the inaccuracy in existing methods that ignore higher modes. A novel approach for characterizing the participation quantity of each mode is proposed based on an energy flux density, which is applied to calculate a modal participation factor through dispersion curves and the frequency-domain dynamic stiffness matrix. Next, the ground surface-wave components with dispersion properties are transferred from the time domain to the frequency domain and decomposed into harmonic components composed of individual frequencies by the Fast Fourier Transform technology. These harmonic components continue to be decoupled as multiple modes by the modal participation factors, with each single-mode component being inverted to construct single-mode surface-wave free fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Yaohui XUE, Zhiqian DONG, Gang LI, Dinghao YU, Yaozhong CUI, Hongnan LI
  • Publication number: 20240264322
    Abstract: The present invention provides a multi-phase wavefield inversion method considering both body waves and surface waves in half-space of rock media to address the deficiency in existing methods that neglect surface wavefields. In the present invention, Rayleigh components that strictly satisfy standard elliptic polarization characteristics in a half-space are extracted with Snell's Law of complex angles and the forward modeling and inversion theory of body waves. Then, the phase separation is executed to separate the body and Rayleigh waves. The pre-arrival components of S-waves are truncated to solve optimal incident angles of body waves. Thus, a Rayleigh wavefield inversion is implemented with ground Rayleigh components, and a body wavefield inversion is implemented with ground body components and their incident angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Gang LI, Yaohui XUE, Zhiqian DONG, Dinghao YU, Hongnan LI
  • Patent number: 11754140
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification. The coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification comprises a rigid rod, rotating shafts, a pin column, pins, levers, screws, thread sleeves, copper sheets, permanent magnet components, a steel structural component, balls, ball supports and an outer shell. When vibration occurs, coupling beams on both sides of the damper are relatively vertically displaced; at this moment, two levers move up and down relative to the rigid rod; the movement causes the screws and the copper sheets to rotate; the copper sheets rotate in a magnetic field, then induced electromotive force will generates inside the magnetic field, thereby generating eddy current in the copper sheets. The eddy current effect will produce a damping force that impedes the rotation of the copper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Xingheng Zhang, Zhiqian Dong, Wenlong Du
  • Patent number: 11401712
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of energy consumption and vibration reduction of assembled building structures, and provides an energy-consuming connecting device for a prefabricated assembled wall. The present invention provides a normal connection function between walls, and also has the functions of energy consumption and vibration reduction. A used viscoelastic material can provide energy consumption and weaken the cold and hot bridge effect, which is beneficial to building thermal insulation. Meanwhile, the energy-consuming connecting device for the prefabricated assembled wall can be connected with a prefabricated wall in advance, which can be carried out at the same time as the wall is inserted during construction, thereby effectively increasing the construction efficiency. Through the design of clamping groove devices, the wall can be connected firmly and reliably while generating displacement and consuming energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Xu Xu, Wenlong Du, Zhiqian Dong
  • Patent number: 11293415
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of structural vibration control, and provides a composite axial energy consumption device based on piezoelectricity and shape memory alloy, comprising a screw, steel pipes, stiffening ribs, steel sheets, bolt-nuts, piezoceramics, screw caps and SMA wire bundles. The mechanical energy of the structure under pressure is converted into the electric energy of the piezoceramics and then the electric energy is converted into heat energy, so that energy consumption efficiency is high and mechanical performance is good. The SMA wire bundles have large tensile bearing capacity, shape memory effect and good corrosion resistance and fatigue resistance. The number of the segments and the specifications of the piezoceramics and the SMA wire bundles can be adjusted according to the actual needs, so that the structure can be adjusted according to the size of an axial force and specific stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Zhiqian Dong, Zhikai Xu, Xingheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220090376
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of energy consumption and vibration reduction of assembled building structures, and provides an energy-consuming connecting device for a prefabricated assembled wall. The present invention provides a normal connection function between walls, and also has the functions of energy consumption and vibration reduction. A used viscoelastic material can provide energy consumption and weaken the cold and hot bridge effect, which is beneficial to building thermal insulation. Meanwhile, the energy-consuming connecting device for the prefabricated assembled wall can be connected with a prefabricated wall in advance, which can be carried out at the same time as the wall is inserted during construction, thereby effectively increasing the construction efficiency. Through the design of clamping groove devices, the wall can be connected firmly and reliably while generating displacement and consuming energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Xing FU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI, Xu XU, Wenlong DU, Zhiqian DONG
  • Publication number: 20220074393
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of structural vibration control, and provides a composite axial energy consumption device based on piezoelectricity and shape memory alloy, comprising a screw, steel pipes, stiffening ribs, steel sheets, bolt-nuts, piezoceramics, screw caps and SMA wire bundles. The mechanical energy of the structure under pressure is converted into the electric energy of the piezoceramics and then the electric energy is converted into heat energy, so that energy consumption efficiency is high and mechanical performance is good. The SMA wire bundles have large tensile bearing capacity, shape memory effect and good corrosion resistance and fatigue resistance. The number of the segments and the specifications of the piezoceramics and the SMA wire bundles can be adjusted according to the actual needs, so that the structure can be adjusted according to the size of an axial force and specific stress conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Xing FU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI, Zhiqian DONG, Zhikai XU, Xingheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11248389
    Abstract: An inertial mass amplification type tuned mass damper is disclosed. The inertial mass amplification type tuned mass damper comprises a hollow box, an H-shaped mass block, gears a, gears b, a rectangular frame, a steel ring, viscous dampers, a steel sheet, springs, rotating shafts and balls. In the present invention, an inertial damping force is amplified by adjusting the radius ratio of the gears a and the gears b; and damping parameters can be conveniently changed by adjusting the mass of the mass block, the spring stiffness and the like. The present invention has the advantages that the design mass is small, which can avoid the adverse effects of excessive additional gravity on the structure and improve the performance of the structure. The present invention has reasonable design and small occupied space, can save more use area for buildings and can greatly improve the utilization efficiency of the buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Yao Jiang, Wenlong Du, Zhiqian Dong
  • Publication number: 20210148434
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification. The coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification comprises a rigid rod, rotating shafts, a pin column, pins, levers, screws, thread sleeves, copper sheets, permanent magnet components, a steel structural component, balls, ball supports and an outer shell. When vibration occurs, coupling beams on both sides of the damper are relatively vertically displaced; at this moment, two levers move up and down relative to the rigid rod; the movement causes the screws and the copper sheets to rotate; the copper sheets rotate in a magnetic field, then induced electromotive force will generates inside the magnetic field, thereby generating eddy current in the copper sheets. The eddy current effect will produce a damping force that impedes the rotation of the copper sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Inventors: Xing FU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI, Xingheng ZHANG, Zhiqian DONG, Wenlong DU
  • Publication number: 20210087841
    Abstract: An inertial mass amplification type tuned mass damper is disclosed. The inertial mass amplification type tuned mass damper comprises a hollow box, an H-shaped mass block, gears a, gears b, a rectangular frame, a steel ring, viscous dampers, a steel sheet, springs, rotating shafts and balls. In the present invention, an inertial damping force is amplified by adjusting the radius ratio of the gears a and the gears b; and damping parameters can be conveniently changed by adjusting the mass of the mass block, the spring stiffness and the like. The present invention has the advantages that the design mass is small, which can avoid the adverse effects of excessive additional gravity on the structure and improve the performance of the structure. The present invention has reasonable design and small occupied space, can save more use area for buildings and can greatly improve the utilization efficiency of the buildings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Xing FU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI, Yao JIANG, Wenlong DU, Zhiqian DONG