Research Article

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

Table 1

Summarized analysis results for the steel bearing systems.

Model IDBehavior of steel barsBehavior of friction slidersTotal behavior
RREnergy (area)ER

STE-0.00564.6 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm0.0 kN0.0 mm0.0 mm564.6 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm13.3%10250.0 kN-mm0.0%
STE-0.05564.6 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−50.8 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm615.4 kN8.0 mm7.2 mm10.0%11300.0 kN-mm10.2%
STE-0.10564.5 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−101.7 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm666.2 kN8.0 mm7.2 mm10.0%12475.0 kN-mm21.7%
STE-0.15564.4 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−152.7 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm717.1 kN8.0 mm7.4 mm6.6%13750.0 kN-mm34.1%
STE-0.20564.3 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−203.7 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm768.0 kN8.0 mm7.4 mm6.6%14975.0 kN-mm46.1%
STE-0.25564.1 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−254.6 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm818.8 kN8.0 mm7.4 mm6.6%16050.0 kN-mm56.6%
STE-0.30 564.0 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−305.7 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm869.8 kN8.0 mm7.4 mm6.6%17425.0 kN-mm70.0%
STE-0.35563.9 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−356.9 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm920.8 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm3.3%18575.0 kN-mm81.2%
STE-0.40563.8 kN8.0 mm6.9 mm−408.2 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm972.0 kN8.0 mm7.7 mm3.3%19650.0 kN-mm91.7%