TY - JOUR
T1 - Static and dynamic stability analysis of a steel-rubber isolator with rubber cores
AU - Rahnavard, Rohola
AU - Craveiro, Helder D.
AU - Napolitano, Rebecca
N1 - Funding Information:
The first and second authors gratefully acknowledge to the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology ( FCT ) for its support under the framework of the research project POCI-01-0145-FEDER-031858 - INNOCFSCONC - Innovative hybrid structural solutions using cold-formed steel and lightweight concrete" financed by FEDER funds through the Competitivity Factors Operational Programme - COMPETE and by national funds through FCT.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 Institution of Structural Engineers
PY - 2020/8
Y1 - 2020/8
N2 - Stability is one of the most important parameters to evaluate seismic base isolators. Previous research has illustrated the power of base isolators with single and multiple rubber cores. While that work provided a critical introduction to this innovative idea, the lateral stability of seismic steel-rubber base isolators with single and multiple rubber cores was not evaluated; thus it is the topic of the current work. The finite element method is used for modeling of the elastomeric bearing. Three methods, including reduced area formula, quasi-static, and dynamic analysis, were used. The Ogden method is used for modeling rubber material properties. The effect of the size and number of rubber cores on the stability of elastomeric bearing is also investigated. The obtained results show that the use of single and multiple rubber cores increases isolator stability due to the large critical vertical loads. Also, the results of quasi-static methods and dynamic analysis for single rubber core isolators showed that increasing the core diameter has a slight effect on stability. A comparison of the results from the quasi-static and dynamic analysis shows a good agreement, confirming that the simpler quasi-static method is effective to numerically measure the stability limit of steel-rubber base isolators.
AB - Stability is one of the most important parameters to evaluate seismic base isolators. Previous research has illustrated the power of base isolators with single and multiple rubber cores. While that work provided a critical introduction to this innovative idea, the lateral stability of seismic steel-rubber base isolators with single and multiple rubber cores was not evaluated; thus it is the topic of the current work. The finite element method is used for modeling of the elastomeric bearing. Three methods, including reduced area formula, quasi-static, and dynamic analysis, were used. The Ogden method is used for modeling rubber material properties. The effect of the size and number of rubber cores on the stability of elastomeric bearing is also investigated. The obtained results show that the use of single and multiple rubber cores increases isolator stability due to the large critical vertical loads. Also, the results of quasi-static methods and dynamic analysis for single rubber core isolators showed that increasing the core diameter has a slight effect on stability. A comparison of the results from the quasi-static and dynamic analysis shows a good agreement, confirming that the simpler quasi-static method is effective to numerically measure the stability limit of steel-rubber base isolators.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.04.048
DO - 10.1016/j.istruc.2020.04.048
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85084193712
SN - 2352-0124
VL - 26
SP - 441
EP - 455
JO - Structures
JF - Structures
ER -