E LAS TOM E R I C

BEARING
AASH TO

LRFD,

DESIGN
7TH

( SI

UNITS)
Update
11/05/2015

ED.

M E T H O D B - S T E E L- R E I N F O R C E D E LAS T O M E R I C B EAR I N G S - S E C T I O N
The program is applicable to the design of steel-reinforced elastomeric bearings rectangular in shape.
The program is not applicable to design of rectangular bearings subject to combined rotation about the transverse and
longitudinal axes. The program assumes that interior elastomeric layers are of equal thickness, as are the two exterior elastomeric layers.

14.7.5

INPUT
OPTION

I. INITIAL DESIGN INPUTS

DL

LOAD, kN
LL, PLL

525

ROTATION, rad
TOTAL, PT

413

Dead Load

Live load

Tolerance

TOTAL, s

0.00048

0.003

0.005

0.00848

SHEAR
DEFORMATION

RECTANGULAR

Shape Factor, S

YES

YES

7.79

938.00

MOVEMENT

Full load

7.0

II. BEARING GEOMETRY

LENGTH, L

WIDTH, W

320

450

AREA, A
144,000.00

MINIMUM
WIDTH

REMARKS

AREA

189.49

85,272.73

OK

III. Elastomer Properties

Modulus, mPa

Layer
Interior, hri

Cover

Nos.

Ext. layer allowance

Total, n

Shear, G

Bulk , B

Total Elastomer thickness,

mm

Remarks

12

7.000

1.0

8.0

1.00

2000.00

98.000

OK

Stress, s mPa

Criteria

Remarks

Total Load), PT/A

6.51

1.66 GS, 11

Live Load), PLL/A

2.868

0.66 GS

OK
OK

IV. COMPRESSIVE STRESS (AASHTO LRFD 14.7.5.3.2)

Service Average Compressive Stress

Load Item

s
n

s 1.0GS

V. COMBINED COMPRESSION AND ROTATION (AASHTO LRFD 14.7.5.3.5)

Prevention of Uplift

5.87

preventing excessive shear strain

12.41

< s Total

OK
OK

0.378 B =

NG - USE EQ. 4
OK
(14.7.5.3.6-4)

0.232 2A < B ??
14.87

Bridge Deck Free to Translate Horizontally

VII. REINFORCEMENT (AASHTO LRFD 14.7.5.3.7)

Steel Reinforcement, mPa

Fatigue Strength

Service Limit State

Fatigue Limit State

240

165.0

0.977

0.417

Length, L

Width, W

Interior Layer, hri

Cover Layer, h0

320.00

450.00

12.00

7.00

All dimensions are in millimetre

GS
2A B

Thickness of Steel Reinforcement

Yield Strength

BEARING GEOMETRY1
Geometry

s 1.875GS 1 0.200 s

n hri

> s Total

VI. STABILITY (AASHTO LRFD 14.7.5.3.6)

A=

B

hri

Minimum Thickness

0.977

Elastomer
Numbers of
Layers
7

Design thickness,
hs

Remarks

3.0000

OK

Elastomer
Thickness, hrt
98.00

Steel Plate
Thickness, hs

Final Size

320x450x122

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