METHOD OF PHYSICAL MODE EXTRACTION FOR ENGINEERING STRUCTURE FLEXIBILITY IDENTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20210350040A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-11-11

    申请号:US17052748

    申请日:2020-03-06

    IPC分类号: G06F30/13 G06F30/20

    摘要: The present invention belongs to the technical field of data analysis for structural testing, and relates to a method of the physical mode exaction for flexibility identification of engineering structures. In the present invention combined deterministic-stochastic subspace identification algorithm is first adopted to calculate basic modal parameters and modal scaling factors from state-space models of different orders. Subsequently, the relative scaling factor difference is added as a new modal indicator to the classic stabilization diagram to better clean out the stabilization diagram. And check the correctness of the selection of the stable axis using single-modal frequency-domain similarity index (SFSI) between single-order FRF and measured FRF. Then, further determine the physical modes from the modes in the stable axis using multi-modal frequency-domain similarity index (MFSI) between lower-order superposition FRF and measured FRF. Finally, calculate flexibility matrix using identified modal parameters and predict the displacement of the structure under static load.

    AN AUTOMATIC METHOD FOR TRACKING STRUCTURAL MODAL PARAMETERS

    公开(公告)号:US20200033226A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-01-30

    申请号:US16342954

    申请日:2018-03-12

    IPC分类号: G01M5/00

    摘要: Structural health monitoring relating to an automatic method for tracking structural modal parameters. First, Natural Excitation Technique is used to transform the random responses into correlation functions and Eigensystem Realization Algorithm combined with the stabilization diagram is used to estimate modal parameters from various response segments. Then, modes from the latter response segment are classified as traceable modes or untraceable modes according to correlations between their observability vectors and subspaces of the existing reference modes. Final, traceable modes will be grouped into specified clusters with the same structural characteristics on the basis of maximum modal observability vector correlation and minimum frequency difference. Meanwhile, union of the untraceable modes and existing reference modes are updated as the new reference modes which can be applied into the next tracking process. This can track the modal parameters automatically without artificial thresholds and the specified reference modes.

    SELF-RESETTING TUNED MASS DAMPER BASED ON EDDY CURRENT AND SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY TECHNOLOGY

    公开(公告)号:US20210148114A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16968782

    申请日:2019-09-20

    IPC分类号: E04B1/98 E04H9/02

    摘要: A self-resetting tuned mass damper is based on eddy current and shape memory alloy technology. The self-resetting tuned mass damper comprises a hollow box, a cover plate, a bolt, a mass block, gears a, gears b, gears c, copper sheets, permanent magnet groups, partition boards, balls, pins, levers, shape memory alloys, rotating shafts a, rotating shafts b, a supporting plate and rotating shafts c. The movement of the mass block causes the copper sheets to rotate and generate eddy current for energy consumption. The copper sheets are rotated and amplified by adjusting the sizes of the gears. The displacement of a small mass block can cause rotation of the copper sheets by a large angle, which greatly increases energy consumption efficiency. The elongation of the shape memory alloys is amplified by adjusting the ratio of long and short force arms of the levers.

    INERTIAL MASS AMPLIFICATION TYPE TUNED MASS DAMPER

    公开(公告)号:US20210087841A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-03-25

    申请号:US16967683

    申请日:2019-09-20

    IPC分类号: E04H9/02 E04B1/98

    摘要: 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.

    AUTOMATIC METHOD FOR STRUCTURAL MODAL ESTIMATION BY CLUSTERING

    公开(公告)号:US20200074221A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-05

    申请号:US16342948

    申请日:2018-03-28

    摘要: Structural health monitoring relating to an automatic method for estimating structural modal parameters by clustering. The structural modal parameters from state-space models are calculated in different orders by Natural Excitation Technique in combination with Eigensystem Realization Algorithm According to the characteristics that physical modes are those with high similarity and stably appearing at different orders while spurious modes are those with little similarity and unstably appearing at different orders, the modal dissimilarity between two nearest modes in consecutive order are considered as feature of the mode in the lower order. Then, features of modes are used in fuzzy C-means clustering to adaptively acquire the stable cluster where modes are with high similarity. Finally, Hierarchical clustering is used to group the stable modes with identical modal parameters together and thus each physical mode can be obtained.

    A METHOD OF MODE ORDER DETERMINATION FOR ENGINEERING STRUCTURAL MODAL IDENTIFICATION

    公开(公告)号:US20190171691A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-06-06

    申请号:US16321183

    申请日:2018-03-06

    IPC分类号: G06F17/16 G01M5/00

    摘要: The presented invention belongs to the technical field of data analysis for structural health monitoring, and relates to a method of the mode order determination for the modal identification of engineering structures. The presented invention first calculates the structural natural frequencies for every order by eigensystem realization algorithm. Then the modal responses for every natural frequency are extracted. After obtaining the square mean root of modal responses, the modal response contribution index (MRCI) is calculated by summation of square mean root for every degree-of-freedom. The relation map between mode order and MRCI is drawn. The mode order is determined by the obvious gap between two adjacent MRCI according to the relation map. This order is also the truncated order of singular matrix in the eigensystem realization algorithm, which is useful to identify other modal parameters accurately.

    A DYNAMICALLY NON-GAUSSIAN ANOMALY IDENTIFICATION METHOD FOR STRUCTURAL MONITORING DATA

    公开(公告)号:US20190121838A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-04-25

    申请号:US16090911

    申请日:2018-02-12

    IPC分类号: G06F17/18

    摘要: The present invention belongs to the technical field of health monitoring for civil structures, and a dynamically non-Gaussian anomaly identification method is proposed for structural monitoring data. First, define past and current observation vectors for the monitoring data and pre-whiten them; second, establish a statistical correlation model for the whitened past and current observation vectors to obtain dynamically whitened data; then, divide the dynamically whitened data into two parts, i.e., the system-related and system-unrelated parts, which are further modelled by the independent component analysis; finally, define two statistics and determine their corresponding control limits, respectively, it can be decided that there is anomaly in the monitoring data when each of the statistics exceeds its corresponding control limit. The non-Gaussian and dynamic characteristics of structural monitoring data are simultaneously taken into account, based on that the defined statistics can effectively identify anomalies in the data.

    COMPOSITE AXIAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION DEVICE BASED ON PIEZOELECTRICITY AND SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY

    公开(公告)号:US20220074393A1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-10

    申请号:US17297872

    申请日:2020-07-31

    IPC分类号: F03G7/06

    摘要: 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.

    METHOD OF COMPLEX MODAL IDENTIFICATION FOR THE STRUCTURE WITH PROPORTIONAL DAMPING

    公开(公告)号:US20210223214A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-07-22

    申请号:US17046713

    申请日:2019-11-06

    IPC分类号: G01N29/46

    摘要: The presented invention belongs to the technical field of data analysis for engineering structural monitoring, and relates to a method of complex modal identification for the structure with proportional damping. Firstly, the set of single source points containing the real modal shapes are obtained by short time Fourier transform and single source point detection, and then the real modal shapes are calculated by hierarchical distance method. Then, the impulse response and its Hilbert transform are obtained by natural excitation technology and Hilbert transform, respectively. The relationship between modal response and impulse response with its Hilbert transform is established. Finally, the complex modal parameters are solved. In this invention, the procedures of hidden complex modes of structures with proportional damping are given by explicit expression, which reveal the structural dynamic characteristics essentially.

    Coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification

    公开(公告)号:US20210148434A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-05-20

    申请号:US16967695

    申请日:2019-09-20

    IPC分类号: F16F15/03 E04H9/02

    摘要: 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.