Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges

In structural earthquake engineering, natural rubber and steel are used as base isolators for energy dissipation systems to reduce earthquake effect on structures. With laminated natural rubber and steel, the bearing can provide high vertical stiffness and flexibility in horizontal direction to ensu...

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Main Author: Ramli, Mohd. Zamri
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2006
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Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/273/
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description In structural earthquake engineering, natural rubber and steel are used as base isolators for energy dissipation systems to reduce earthquake effect on structures. With laminated natural rubber and steel, the bearing can provide high vertical stiffness and flexibility in horizontal direction to ensure the mounts can support the loading from the structure and prevent excessive sideways from any horizontal loading especially when earthquake occur. This research performs the study of performance of Public Works Department (PWD) standard bridges under low intensity earthquake effect. The finite element modelling technique was used in this study to learn the behaviour of rubber bearing with various dimensions and directions of loading (vertical and horizontal). Performances of the rubber bearing were examined based on their stiffness factors. Seismic isolator is designed and it is found that the usage of designed seismic isolator increases the overall performance of the PWD Bridge. In general, this research indicates that the seismic risks should be considered in design the bridge for Malaysian.
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spelling utm-2732017-08-30T03:59:24Z http://eprints.utm.my/273/ Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges Ramli, Mohd. Zamri TG Bridge engineering In structural earthquake engineering, natural rubber and steel are used as base isolators for energy dissipation systems to reduce earthquake effect on structures. With laminated natural rubber and steel, the bearing can provide high vertical stiffness and flexibility in horizontal direction to ensure the mounts can support the loading from the structure and prevent excessive sideways from any horizontal loading especially when earthquake occur. This research performs the study of performance of Public Works Department (PWD) standard bridges under low intensity earthquake effect. The finite element modelling technique was used in this study to learn the behaviour of rubber bearing with various dimensions and directions of loading (vertical and horizontal). Performances of the rubber bearing were examined based on their stiffness factors. Seismic isolator is designed and it is found that the usage of designed seismic isolator increases the overall performance of the PWD Bridge. In general, this research indicates that the seismic risks should be considered in design the bridge for Malaysian. 2006 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/273/1/MohdZamriRamli2006_Responseofexistingrubberbearing.pdf Ramli, Mohd. Zamri (2006) Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges. In: 6th Asia-Pacific Structural Engineering and Construction Conference, 5-6 September 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
spellingShingle TG Bridge engineering
Ramli, Mohd. Zamri
Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
title Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
title_full Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
title_fullStr Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
title_full_unstemmed Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
title_short Response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
title_sort response of existing rubber bearing and designed base isolator for malaysian highway bridges
topic TG Bridge engineering
url http://eprints.utm.my/273/
http://eprints.utm.my/273/1/MohdZamriRamli2006_Responseofexistingrubberbearing.pdf