US Patent Issued to China Construction 5th Engineering Bureau, Hunan University on March 11 for "High-order vortex vibration wind tunnel test model system for long-span bridge and test method thereof" (Chinese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,247,900, issued on March 11, was assigned to China Construction 5th Engineering Bureau Co. Ltd. (Changsha, China) and Hunan University (Changsha, China).

"High-order vortex vibration wind tunnel test model system for long-span bridge and test method thereof" was invented by Shuai Zhou (Changsha, China), Xugang Hua (Changsha, China), Zhengqing Chen (Changsha, China), Wen Chen (Changsha, China), Cong Fang (Changsha, China) and Zhiwen Huang (Changsha, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vortex vibration wind tunnel test model system for a long-span bridge and a test method thereof is disclosed. In the test model system, the base is prov...