Rigid sub structure damping system and method for protecting structures subjected to dynamic forces

    公开(公告)号:US10352058B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-16

    申请号:US15898879

    申请日:2018-02-19

    申请人: Saeed Towfighi

    发明人: Saeed Towfighi

    摘要: A rigid substructure (12) tied to a restrained column (16) at different floors undergoes rigid body rotation due to lateral dynamic loading. Flexural members (18) that are connected to the substructure (12) and another anchor column (14) resist the rigid body rotation and undergo vertical deflections. Damped diagonals (20) connected to common nodes of the rigid substructure and flexural members, for one embodiment, receive amplified displacements and more effectively dissipate energy. Flexural members restore the structure to the unloaded position. The system does not require moment connections and can work with flexure induced in simply supported beams. The system is highly effective and may remain elastic under maximum considered earthquake ground motions.

    Steel plate damper for structures subject to dynamic loading

    公开(公告)号:US11255099B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-02-22

    申请号:US16853163

    申请日:2020-04-20

    申请人: Saeed Towfighi

    发明人: Saeed Towfighi

    IPC分类号: E04H9/02 E04B1/98

    摘要: Method, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for damping the movements of structures undergoing dynamic forces. The disclosed dampers are a new type of steel plate dampers, intended to reduce the cost and improve the performance of structures subject to severe seismic loading. While in these dampers the metal plates undergo plastic deformation as a method of absorbing and dissipating energy, the disclosed designs do not allow the stress and strain in the metal plates to go above a predetermined design value and; therefore, the new dampers have long lives and do not need repair or replacement after a big earthquake or similar events. These dampers may be used for building and non-building structures. In such applications the required damping capacities are relatively high and different scales of sliding force and stroke are required.

    Shear transfer ring and clamp
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    发明授权

    公开(公告)号:US11286632B1

    公开(公告)日:2022-03-29

    申请号:US17153544

    申请日:2021-01-20

    IPC分类号: E02D5/64 E02D37/00

    摘要: Methods and systems are disclosed to transfer forces on a damaged pile to the lower part of the pile, bypassing the damaged area. Rings of various materials are tightly wrapped around the pile or clamps are attached to the pile, above and below the damaged area, causing calculated friction between the pile and the rings and/or clamps. Subsequently the damaged area and the rings and/or clamps are encased in a curable substance, such as concrete. After curing, the rings and/or clamps above the damaged area will receive the stresses on the pile through the friction with the pile and will transfer them to the concrete which in turn will transfer the stresses to the lower part of the pile through the lower rings and/or clamps and their friction with the lower part of the pile. Nothing is welded to the pile and the pile is not altered in any way.

    STEEL PLATE DAMPER FOR STRUCTURES SUBJECT TO DYNAMIC LOADING

    公开(公告)号:US20210324651A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-10-21

    申请号:US16853163

    申请日:2020-04-20

    申请人: Saeed Towfighi

    发明人: Saeed Towfighi

    IPC分类号: E04H9/02 E04B1/98

    摘要: Method, apparatus, and systems are disclosed for damping the movements of structures undergoing dynamic forces. The disclosed dampers are a new type of steel plate dampers, intended to reduce the cost and improve the performance of structures subject to severe seismic loading. While in these dampers the metal plates undergo plastic deformation as a method of absorbing and dissipating energy, the disclosed designs do not allow the stress and strain in the metal plates to go above a predetermined design value and; therefore, the new dampers have long lives and do not need repair or replacement after a big earthquake or similar events. These dampers may be used for building and non-building structures. In such applications the required damping capacities are relatively high and different scales of sliding force and stroke are required.