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Appendix EB Steel Reinforced Elastic Bearings Design

APPENDIX EB - STEEL REINFORCED ELASTIC BEARINGS

Dimensions:
L := 350 mm W := 500 mm hr := 11 mm hs := 4 mm hrt := 99 mm n := 6 length of a rectangular elastomeric bearing (parallel to longitudinal bridge axis) width of the bearing in the transverse direction thickness of thickest elastomeric layer in elastoneric bearing thickness of the steel reinforcement total elastomeric thickness number of interior layers of elastomer (for rectangular bearings without holes) S = 9.36 /1/ 6.2.5.1-1 /4/ 14.7.5.1-1 (8.5)

shape factor for the thickest elastomeric layer: S := L W 2 hr ( L + W)

Material Properties:
G := 1.2 MPa Fy := 500 MPa fc := 20 MPa shear modulus of the elastomer yield strength of steel reinforcement concrete compressiv strength

Loads and rotations:

VS := 1900 kN VL := 1000 kN HS := 160 kN VS.min := 900 kN s := 45 mm s := 0.005 rad := L maximum total vertical load at the service limit state maximum live vertical load at the service limit state maximum total horisontal load at the service limit state minimum total vertical load at the service limit state

maximum shear deformation of the elastomer at the service limit state rotation about any axis of the pad length of pad if rotation is about its transverse axis, or width of pad if rotation is about its longitudinal axis

The calculations are based on:

BRIDGE DESIGN MANUAL, VOL I BRIDGE DESIGN MANUAL, VOL II BRIDGE DESIGN MANUAL, VOL III AASHTTO /4/ /1/ /2/ /3/

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Design requirements
Compressive Stress
average compressive stress due to the total load: S := 1.66 G S S := S if S < 11 MPa 11 MPa otherwise Sd := VS LW condition:= S = 18.6 MPa S = 11 MPa /1/ 6.2.5.3-1 /4/ 14.7.5.3.2-1 (8.7)

Sd = 10.9 MPa "OK!" if Sd S "No!" otherwise condition = "OK!"

average compressive stress due to live load: L := 0.66 G S Ld := VL LW L = 7.4 MPa Ld = 5.71 MPa condition:= "OK!" if Ld L "No!" otherwise condition = "OK!" /1/ 6.2.5.3-2 /4/ 14.7.5.3.2-2 (8.8)

Compressive deflection
:= VS VL LW = 5.143 MPa /1/ Fig C 6.2.5.4-1 Figure 8-4 = 2.8 mm condition:= "OK!" if 3 mm "No!" otherwise condition = "OK!"
(8.11) /1/ 6.2.5.4-1 /4/ 14.7.5.3.3-1

:= 4.3 % := hr n

Shear Deformation
the bearing shold satisfy: hrt = 99 mm 2 s = 90 mm condition:= "OK!" if 2 s hrt 2 s hrt /1/ 6.2.5.5-1 /4/ 14.7.5.3.4-1 (8.12)

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Combined Compression and Rotation

Rectangular bearings may be taken to satisfy uplift requirements if they satisfy: S := 1.0 G S Sd := VS LW condition:= Sd = 10.9 MPa "OK!" if Sd > S "No!" otherwise Rectangular bearings subjected to shear should also satisfy: S := 1.875 G S 1 0.20 condition = "OK!"

s 2 n hr

S = 9.5 MPa

/4/ 14.7.5.3.5-1

(8.13)

s 2 n hr

S = 17.5 MPa

(8.14) /1/ 6.2.5.6-1 /4/ 14.7.5.3.5-2

Sd :=

VS LW condition:= "OK!" if Sd < S "No!" otherwise condition = "OK!" Sd = 10.9 MPa

Stability of Elastomeric Bearings

Define: 1.92 A := hrt L A = 0.037 /1/ 6.2.5.7-2 /4/ 14.7.5.3.6-3 (8.16)

2.0 L S 1 + W 2.67 L S ( S + 2.0) 1 + 4.0 W

B :=

B = 0.0214

/1/ 6.2.5.7-3 /4/ 14.7.5.3.6-4 (8.17)

If the bridge deck is free to translate horisontally: S := Sd := G 2A B VS LW condition:= S = 22.4 MPa Sd = 10.9 MPa "OK!" if Sd S "No!" otherwise condition = "OK!" /1/ 6.2.5.7-2 /4/ 14.7.5.3.6-1 (8.18)

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