Building resilient bridges, that are able to withstand multiple natural stressors with minimal
damage and quickly restore their functionality is paramount to delivering climate-resilient …

Steel-reinforced high damping natural rubber (HDNR) bearings are widely employed in
seismic isolation applications to protect structures from earthquake excitations. In multi-span …

Seismic isolation is an effective measure for mitigating earthquake hazard on important
structures such as bridges, hospitals, and nuclear power plants. Seismically isolated …

Steel-laminated elastomeric bearings are isolation devices which are used extensively in
buildings, bridges, nuclear power plants and other structures. Accurate modelling of the …

Laminated elastomeric bearings are used widely as seismic isolation devices. Most previous
studies on the horizontal behavior of elastomeric bearings have assumed that the rotations …

This paper investigates the potential tensile loads and buckling effects on rubber-steel
laminated bearings on bridges. These isolation bearings are typically used to support the …

Seismic responses of bridges isolated by lead rubber bearings under near-fault excitations
are presented in this article. A bilinear force-deformation model is employed to represent the …

Steel reinforced elastomeric isolators are currently the most used bearings for seismic
isolation purposes. The steel reinforcements are cut to the desired shape, sandblasted …

The unequal-height pier configurations commonly exist in bridge engineering for the
adaptation of the varying topography. However, this makes the stiffness of unequal-height …

Bridge bearings easily suffer damage when exposed to various loading and environmental
changes during their lifetime. This effect can have a considerable impact on the bridge …