ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,730,044, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to Shenzhen University (Shenzhen, China).

"High-water pressure trapdoor model test device and use method thereof" was invented by Dong Su (Guangdong, China), Ruixiao Zhang (Guangdong, China), Xiangsheng Chen (Guangdong, China), Xingtao Lin (Guangdong, China) and Wenlong Han (Guangdong, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention provides a high-water pressure trapdoor model test device and a use method thereof. The high-water pressure trapdoor model test device includes a PIV analysis unit, a liquid material, a solid material, pore water pressure gauges, first soil pressure sensors, second ...