Research Article

Pilot Study for Investigating the Cyclic Response of the Recentering Bridge Bearing System Combined with the Friction Damper

Figure 5

Response mechanism of the bridge bearing.
(a) Steel bearing model with friction slider (STE-0.00, STE-0.05, STE-0.10, …, and STE-0.40 models)
(b) SMA bearing model with friction slider (SMA-0.00, SMA-0.05, SMA-0.10, …, and SMA-0.40 models)