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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 10, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 19, 2024
Dalian University of Technology, Dalian, CN;
Yaohui Xue, Dalian, CN;
Zhiqian Dong, Dalian, CN;
Gang Li, Dalian, CN;
Dinghao Yu, Dalian, CN;
Yaozhong Cui, Dalian, CN;
Hongnan Li, Dalian, CN;
DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, Dalian, CN;
Abstract
A multi-mode surface-wave free-field inversion method based on dispersion properties of layered media addresses the inaccuracy in existing methods that ignore higher modes. A novel approach for characterizing the participation quantity of each mode is proposed based on an energy flux density, which is applied to calculate a modal participation factor through dispersion curves and the frequency-domain dynamic stiffness matrix. Next, the ground surface-wave components with dispersion properties are transferred from the time domain to the frequency domain and decomposed into harmonic components composed of individual frequencies by the Fast Fourier Transform technology. These harmonic components continue to be decoupled as multiple modes by the modal participation factors, with each single-mode component being inverted to construct single-mode surface-wave free fields. Finally, all single-mode surface-wave free fields are superimposed following the mode superposition principle to form the multi-mode surface-wave free fields.