METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR PROTECTION FROM DESTRUCTIVE DYNAMIC VORTEX ATMOSPHERIC STRUCTURES

• US 20110272032A1
• Filed: 05/05/2011
• Published: 11/10/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Alexey Varaksin, Arkady Rozenshteyn, Mikhail Romash, V Kopeitsev
• Original Assignee: Alexey Varaksin, Arkady Rozenshteyn, Mikhail Romash, V Kopeitsev
• Inventors: Rozenshteyn, Arkady, Romash, Mikhail, Varaksin, Alexey, Kopeitsev, V.
• Granted Patent: US 9,708,828 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 137/1
• CPC Class Codes: E04H 9/14 against other dangerous influences, e.g. tornadoes, floods
• CPC Class Codes: Y02A 50/00 in human health protection, e.g. against extreme weather
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 137/0318 Processes

Abstract

Various methods and systems for protecting humans as well as individual objects from tornadoes and other naturally occurring dynamic atmospheric vortex structures are described. Active protective systems interact with such vortex structures leading to destabilization and destruction of the vortex structures. The energy required for the destabilization and destruction of the vortex structure is taken from the energy from the vortex structure itself. The method requires no external energy sources for destabilization and destruction of vortex structures such as tornadoes.

Claims

1. A method for destabilizing a dynamic atmospheric vortex structure, the method comprising:

providing a cluster of spatially oriented discrete mechanical elements at a location relative to the vortex structure to thereby produce an area of local active anisotropy, which creates a non-stationary, turbulent field with significant anisotropy that destabilizes the vortex structure.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the non-stationary turbulent field includes anisotropy of at least one of density, pressure, secondary flow velocity and turbulence parameters.

3. The method of claim 1 wherein the vortex structure is a tornado.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of elementary turbulent transformers.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.0001 to about 10 m.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.001 to about 1 m.

7. The method of claim 6 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G value of about 1 m.

8. The method of claim 1 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 4% of the height of the vortex structure.

9. The method of claim 8 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 6% of the height of the vortex structure.

10. The method of claim 9 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 10% of the height of the vortex structure.

11. The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster is in a honeycomb configuration including a plurality of hexagonal shaped modules.

12. The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster is in a saw configuration including a plurality of triangular shaped modules.

13. The method of claim 1 wherein the cluster is in a plane grid configuration including a plurality of rectangular modules.

14. The method of claim 4 wherein at least a majority of the elementary turbulent transformers are cylindrical in shape.

15. A method for protecting an object from a dynamic atmospheric vortex structure, the method comprising positioning a cluster of protective structures at a location relative to the vortex structure to produce an area of local active anisotropy, which creates a non-stationary, turbulent field with significant anisotropy that destabilizes the vortex structure and thereby protects the object.

16. The method of claim 15 wherein the cluster is positioned between the object and the vortex structure.

17. The method of claim 15 wherein the object includes at least one of a building, an enclosure, a man-made structure, a sign, or a combination thereof.

18. The method of claim 15 wherein the vortex structure is a tornado.

19. The method of claim 15 wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of elementary turbulent transformers.

20. The method of claim 15 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.0001 to about 10 m.

21. The method of claim 20 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.001 to about 1 m.

22. The method of claim 21 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G value of about 1 m.

23. The method of claim 15 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 4% of the height of the vortex structure.

24. The method of claim 23 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 6% of the height of the vortex structure.

25. The method of claim 24 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 10% of the height of the vortex structure.

26. The method of claim 15 wherein the cluster is in a honeycomb configuration including a plurality of hexagonal shaped modules.

27. The method of claim 15 wherein the cluster is in a saw configuration including a plurality of triangular shaped modules.

28. The method of claim 15 wherein the cluster is in a plane grid configuration including a plurality of rectangular modules.

29. The method of claim 19 wherein at least a majority of the elementary turbulent transformers are cylindrical in shape.

30. A cluster of spatially oriented discrete mechanical elements adapted to produce an area of local active anisotropy upon sufficiently close proximity to a dynamic atmospheric vortex structure.

31. The cluster of claim 30 wherein the cluster comprises a plurality of elementary turbulent transformers.

32. The cluster of claim 30 wherein the cluster exhibits sufficiently low aerodynamic resistance and is sufficiently secured such that the cluster is generally stationary and resistant to structural damage during exposure to the vortex structure.

33. The cluster of claim 30 wherein the vortex structure is a tornado.

34. The method of claim 30 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.0001 to about 10 m.

35. The method of claim 34 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.001 to about 1 m.

36. The method of claim 35 wherein the cluster is configured to exhibit a G value of about 1 m.

37. The method of claim 30 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 4% of the height of the vortex structure.

38. The method of claim 37 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 6% of the height of the vortex structure.

39. The method of claim 38 wherein the height of the cluster is greater than about 10% of the height of the vortex structure.

40. The method of claim 30 wherein the cluster is in a honeycomb configuration including a plurality of hexagonal shaped modules.

41. The method of claim 30 wherein the cluster is in a saw configuration including a plurality of triangular shaped modules.

42. The method of claim 30 wherein the cluster is in a plane grid configuration including a plurality of rectangular modules.

43. The method of claim 31 wherein at least a majority of the elementary turbulent transformers are cylindrical in shape.

44. A selectively positionable protective structure for protecting an object from a dynamic atmospheric vortex structure, the selectively positionable protective structure comprising:

a plurality of modules, each module including a collection of elementary turbulent transformers, the plurality of modules configured to exhibit a G parameter value of from about 0.0001 to about 10 m, wherein the plurality of modules is positionable between (i) a non-use mode in which the plurality of modules lays flat or is retracted in ground so that the plurality of modules are substantially hidden from view, and (ii) a use mode in which the plurality of modules extends vertically upward.

45. The protective structure of claim 44 wherein the structure in the use mode extends upward a height of at least 4% of the height of the vortex structure.

46. The protective structure of claim 44 wherein at least a majority of the elementary turbulent transformers are cylindrical in shape and have a diameter from about 1 to about 50 mm.

47. The protective structure of claim 46 wherein the elementary turbulent transformers have a diameter from about 5 to about 10 mm.