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 coefficientμ ≤ 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 bearing0.2
Elastic modulus of PTFE (MPa)1500
Density of PTFE (kg/m3)2200
Poisson’s ratio of PTFE0.4