Elastometric Bearing Design Steel Laminated Rubber Bearing AASHTO Specifications

Elasometric Bearing Design (AASHTO Specifications)

1 Structure Descriptions: Detail Joint-1

Objective:
To absorb
compresive
forces, and
allow lateral
displacement

2 Bearing Properties:
Dimensions:
Bearing Length, L = 350 mm L/3 116.7
Bearing Width, B = 200 mm B/3 66.7
Bearing Thickness, t = 35 mm Max 116.7
Bearing Area, A = 70000 mm2
Shape Factor, S = (LB)/[2t*(L+B)] 1.8
Check Stability, t < Max Enough Stability!

Material Properties
Table-1 Rubber Hardness, Shore-A, Hardness 70
Restraint Factor, One Sided Fixed
Young Modulus of Rubber, Eo = 7.2 Mpa
Shear Modulus of Rubber, G = 1.69 Mpa
Stiffness factor, k = 0.53
Restraint Factor, β = 1.4
Compressive Strength of Elastomer, Ec = Eo (1+2k(S^2)) 32.4 Mpa

Elastomer Stiffness:
Veritical Spring Stiffness (Compression), Kz = Ec.A/(t*β) 46328 N/mm
Horizontal Spring Stiffness (Shear), Kx,y = G.A/t 65065 N/mm

3 Analysis Result Demand: Envelope Results

Displacement in X-Dir, Ux = 1.69 mm
Displacement in Y-Dir, Uy = 0.72 mm
Displacement in Z-Dir, Uz = -3.2 mm
By using
Rotation about X-axis, Rx = 0.006 rad
Horizontal and
Rotation about Y-axis, Ry = 0.005 rad
Vertical Spring
Rotation about Z-axis, Rz = 0.0001 rad
Stiffness in
ETABS
Horizontal Shear Forces, X-Dir Fx = 110 kN
Horizontal Shear Forces, Y-Dir Fy = 45.81 kN
Vertical Compressive Forces, Z-Dir Fz = 152.36 kN
Elastometric Bearing Design Steel Laminated Rubber Bearing AASHTO Specifications

4 Check Capacity :
Bearing Capacity,
Allowable Capacity Pmax = 646 kN
Check, Fz < Pmax Enough Bearing Capacity!

Shear Capacity,
Allowable Shear Capacity, Vmax = G*A 118.3 kN
Maximumn Shear Force, Fx,y = 110 kN
Check, Fx,y < Vmax Enough Shear Capacity!

Deflection,
Allowable Vertical Deflection, Uv,max = 20 mm
Check, Uz < Uv,max Defletion Within Limit!
Allowable Horizontal Deflection, Uh,max = 3 mm
Maximum Shear Deflection, Ux,y = 1.69 mm
Check, Ux,y < Uh,max Defletion Within Limit!

Thus, Provide 200x350x35mm, Shore-A, Hardness 70 Grade Elastometric Bearing.

With Bearing Capacity 646kN, Allowable Vertical Deflection 20mm and Horizontal Deflection 3mm.