Research Article
Experimental and Numerical Study on the Earthquake Damage of Spherical Bearings for Chinese High-Speed Railway Bridge
Table 3
Physical parameters of spherical bearing specimen.
| Vertical bearing capacity (kN) | 1000 | Bearing corner (rad) | 0.02 | Horizontal bearing capacity (kN) | 5%∼10% of vertical capacity | Design displacement (mm) | ±100, ±40 ± 3, 0 (almost) | Design friction coefficient | μ ≤ 0.03 | Applicable temperature range | −40°C ∼ +60°C | Elastic modulus of bearing (MPa) | 210000 | Density of bearing (kg/m3) | 7850 | Poisson’s ratio of bearing | 0.2 | Elastic modulus of PTFE (MPa) | 1500 | Density of PTFE (kg/m3) | 2200 | Poisson’s ratio of PTFE | 0.4 |
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