ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,578,705, issued on March 17, was assigned to Tianjin University (Tianjin, China).

"Method for dynamic scale model satisfying hydrodynamic force similarity and bending elastic force similarity" was invented by Zhongxing Wang (Tianjin, China), Qinghua Han (Tianjin, China), Mengyu Li (Tianjin, China), Yanhui Zuo (Tianjin, China) and Lele Zhan (Tianjin, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a design method for a dynamic scale model satisfying hydrodynamic force similarity and bending elastic force similarity in the technical field of civil engineering. The design and fabrication method includes the following steps: step 1, desig...