Behaviour of laminated elastomeric bearings

Structural Engineering and Mechanics

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 451-469

  Mori, A ^a,c   Moss, P J ^b,d   Carr, A J ^b,d   Cooke, N ^b,d  

^a Japan Engineering Consultants   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c Earthquake Disaster Mitigation Dept   (Japan)

^d Department of Civil Engineering ^*

Author keywords

Bridge bearings; Compression; Elastomeric rubber bearings; Finite element analysis; Rotation; Shear strain

Indexed keywords

COMPRESSION TESTING; ELASTOMERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; LAMINATED COMPOSITES; ROTATION; SHEAR STRESS; STRESS CONCENTRATION;

LAMINATED ELASTOMERIC BEARINGS;

BRIDGE BEARINGS;

EID: 0031190260     PISSN: 12254568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12989/sem.1997.5.4.451     Document Type: Article

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