US 11,796,417 B1
Site effect simulator
Tao Wang, Heilongjiang Province (CN); Xiaoting Wang, Heilongjiang Province (CN); Qingxue Shang, Heilongjiang Province (CN); Zhongyi Zhou, Heilongjiang Province (CN); Jichao Li, Heilongjiang Province (CN); and Rui Teng, Heilongjiang Province (CN)
Assigned to INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING MECHANICS, CHINA EARTHQUAKE ADMINISTRATION, Heilongjiang Province (CN)
Filed by Institute of Engineering Mechanics, China Earthquake Administration, Heilongjiang Province (CN)
Filed on Mar. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/192,801.
Claims priority of application No. 202210608102.6 (CN), filed on May 31, 2022.
Int. Cl. G01M 7/06 (2006.01)
CPC G01M 7/06 (2013.01) 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A site effect simulator, comprising: a site effect simulator base plate, wherein counter-force pillars are vertically arranged at diagonals of the site effect simulator base plate, the counter-force walls are connected to the counter-force pillars along two sides of the site effect simulator base plate, a plurality of single-layer soil boxes are arranged at the inner side of the site effect simulator base plate, an outer ring of each single-layer soil box is designed as an octagonal structure, diagonal ends of the single-layer soil boxes are internally formed with two sides, the sides formed internally in diagonal directions of the single-layer soil boxes are connected to the counter-force pillars via horizontal servo hydraulic actuators, and bottoms of the single-layer soil boxes at a bottom layer are connected to the site effect simulator base plate via vertical servo hydraulic actuators; and wave-absorbing materials are arranged inside the single-layer soil boxes and absorbs excess energy transferred to the materials from the soil layers to simulate more real boundary conditions, and sliding panels are arranged at upper sides and lower sides of the single-layer soil boxes.