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4.1.4 Steel-Laminated Elastomeric Bearing with External 4.3 The elastomer for the manufacture of the bearing is
Load Plate(s). furnished in four grades of low-temperature properties. The
NOTE 2Examples of the types of elastomeric bearing construction are
grades and typical operating temperature conditions for each
given in Fig. 1. grade are as follows:
NOTE 3The adjective elastomeric is omitted in this specification when 4.3.1 Grade 0Suitable for continuous use down to +5C.
referring to bearing types. 4.3.2 Grade 2Sub-zero temperatures occur at night and
4.2 The elastomer for the manufacture of the bearing is occasionally persist for no more than one or two days.
furnished in two types as follows: 4.3.3 Grade 3Same as Grade 2 but occasional periods of
4.2.1 Type CRChloroprene rubber. up to two weeks continuously below zero.
4.2.2 Type NRNatural rubber. 4.3.4 Grade 5Sub-zero temperatures down to 40C per-
4.2.3 If none is specified then the manufacturer shall use one sisting for several months each year with up to two months
of those types. continuously below 15C.
NOTE 4Appendix X1 relates to elastomeric materials which do not 4.3.5 If a grade is not specified Grade 0 shall be furnished.
have fully documented in-service records or sufficiently widespread use or An elastomer of a higher grade number may be substituted for
both. any lower grade.
NOTE 5The abbreviations for the elastomer types are taken from
Practice D1418. NOTE 6A discussion of low-temperature properties of elastomeric
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materials is given in Practice D832. bearing is less than 450 mm or 18 in. In all other cases, the
NOTE 7The grade numbers for the low-temperature properties corre- minimum thickness shall be 2 mm or 0.075 in. (14 gage).
spond to those in Table 6 of Classification D2000.
7.4 External load plates shall be of uniform thickness unless
5. Ordering Information otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order.
5.1 Orders for each type of bearing under this specification 7.5 Bearing dimensions and elastomer layer thicknesses
shall include the following: shall satisfy the tolerances in Table 1, in which D is the length,
5.1.1 Quantity, width or diameter as appropriate, and T is the total elastomer
5.1.2 Bearing design, thickness.
NOTE 8An example of the design information required is given in 7.6 Variation from a plane parallel to a design surface shall
Appendix X2. Working drawings may be substituted. not exceed an average slope of 0.005 for the upper surface and
5.1.3 Design load, 0.006 for a side surface.
5.1.4 Shear modulus of the elastomer,
5.1.5 Rubber type, 8. Test Methods and Acceptance Requirements
5.1.6 Rubber grade, 8.1 Bearing Compression TestsAll bearings sampled from
5.1.7 Ozone test partial pressure, if higher than 50 mPa a lot shall be subjected to the compression tests. The cost of
(formerly referred to as a concentration of 50 parts per hundred replacement bearings and of testing them shall be borne by the
million (pphm)). supplier.
8.1.1 The bearings shall be brought to a temperature of 23 6
6. Materials and Manufacture
6C and shall be tested at this temperature.
6.1 The elastomeric compound used in the construction of a 8.1.2 Compression StiffnessLoad the bearing to the design
bearing shall contain only either natural rubber or chloroprene load (3.1.1) by increments of one fifth of the design load. For
rubber as the raw polymer. No reclaimed rubber shall be used. each load increment, the loading time shall be within the range
6.2 Internal steel laminates shall be of rolled mild steel. of 1.4 to 2.6 min. When the increment has been applied the
load or deflection (depending on the type of testing machine)
6.3 External load plates shall conform to the requirements
shall be maintained constant for 30 s then the load and
of Specification A36/A36M unless otherwise specified in the
deflection measured. From a plot of load against deflection, the
contract or purchase order.
compression stiffness shall be determined as the slope of the
6.4 Plain bearing pads shall be molded individually, or cut best straight line through the points, ignoring the first point at
from previously molded strips or slabs, or extruded and cut to zero load. Record the compressive stiffness for each bearing.
length. Cutting shall produce a smooth surface and no heating 8.1.3 Visual InspectionIncrease the load to 1.5 times the
of the elastomer. design load then maintain either load or deflection constant
6.5 A steel-laminated bearing or a plain sandwich bearing while the bearing is inspected for visual faults, as follows:
shall be molded as a single unit under pressure and heat. 8.1.3.1 If lack of elastomer to steel bond is indicated, the
bearing shall be rejected.
6.6 All bonding of elastomer to steel laminates and to 8.1.3.2 If laminate placement faults are observed which
external load plates shall be carried out during molding. The result in elastomer layer thickness that exceed the tolerances in
elastomer at the outer edges of bonds to external load plates 7.5, the bearing shall be rejected.
shall be shaped to avoid serious stress concentrations (see Fig. 8.1.3.3 If there are at least three separate surface cracks
1). which are each at least 2 mm wide and 2 mm deep, the bearing
6.7 Internal steel laminates shall be free of sharp edges. shall be rejected.
6.8 External load plates shall be protected from rusting 8.1.4 Record the median compressive stiffness (K) of the
when supplied by the manufacturer. bearing of median stiffness. The compressive stiffness of each
bearing tested shall not differ from (K) by more than 10 %.
6.9 All molds shall have a standard shop-practice mold
finish.
7. Dimensions and Permissible Variations TABLE 1 Tolerances for Bearing Dimensions and Elastomer
7.1 All elastomeric layers, for example, plain-bearing pads, Layer Thicknesses
laminates, and covers, shall be of uniform thickness unless Tolerance
Dimension
otherwise specified in the contract or purchase order. Minimum Maximum
Length, width or diameter of 0 5 (0.2) + 0.005D
7.2 All internal steel laminates shall be of uniform thick- bearing, mm (in.)
ness. When specified in the contract or purchase order, the Height of bearing, mm (in.) 0 2 (0.1) + 0.04T
thickness of the outer steel laminates may differ if not adjacent Thickness of elastomer 0 3 (0.1)
cover
to an external load plate (see Fig. 1). at top, bottom or side,
7.3 The minimum thickness of internal steel laminates shall mm (in.)
Thickness of internal elas- 20 % of design
be 1.5 mm or 0.060 in. (16 gage) when the greater of the length tomer laminate, % value
or width of a rectangular bearing or the diameter of a circular
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8.1.5 For each bearing that fails to meet the requirements in TABLE 2 Quality Control Properties of Elastomer
8.1, two additional bearings may be sampled and shall meet all Rubber NR CR
the requirements in 8.1 or the lot shall be rejected. Hardness limits (Test 45 to 75 45 to 75
8.1.6 If the lot is not rejected, the bearing of median Method D1415 or Test
Method D2240)
stiffness (K) shall be subjected to the elastomeric material tests Physical properties
in 8.2. (Test Methods D412):
Tensile strength, 15.5 (2250) 15.5 (2250)
8.2 Elastomeric Material Tests: min, MPa (psi)
8.2.1 All test specimens used for the determination of the Ultimate elongation:
45 to 55 400 400
properties of the vulcanized elastomeric material shall be taken hardness, min, %
from bearings (see Practice D3183). Tensile and hardness 56 to 65 400 350
specimens for the quality control tests in 8.2.3, specimens for hardness, min, %
66 to 75 300 300
the ozone resistance test in 8.2.5, and strips for the low- hardness, min, %
temperature brittleness test in 8.2.6.1, if applicable, shall High-temperature re-
include an outer surface of a bearing. All other specimens shall sistance (Test
Method D573)
be taken from within the middle one third of a bearing. Aging time, h 168 70
Compression set specimens shall be as specified in Test Aging tempera- 70 100
Methods D395, Method B, Type 1. ture, C
Change in +10 +15
8.2.2 The temperature at which the tests shall be carried out hardness, max, %
shall be 23 6 2C except where otherwise specified in this Change in tensile 25 15
specification. strength, max, %
Change in ultimate 25 40
8.2.3 Quality Control PropertiesThe quality control prop- elongation, max, %
erties of the elastomer shall meet the requirements of Table 2 Compression set (Test
for the hardness and type of rubber used. Methods D395,
Method B)
8.2.4 Shear ModulusThe shear modulus of the elastomer After 22 h at 70C, 25 ...
determined in accordance with Annex A1 shall not differ by max, %
After 22 h at 100C, ... 35
more than 615 % from the required shear modulus of the max, %
elastomer.
8.2.5 Ozone ResistanceAn ozone resistance test shall be
carried out on test strips mounted in accordance with procedure 9.1.1 For acceptance purposes, bearing from within the lot
A of Test Method D518. The test shall be carried out in shall be selected at random as samples for inspection and
accordance with Test Methods D1149 at 20 % strain and at 40 testing.
6 2C for 100 h. The ozone test partial pressure shall be 50 6 9.1.2 A minimum of three bearings shall be taken from the
5 mPa formerly referred to as a concentration of 50 6 5 pphm lot for testing. If the number of bearings in the lot exceeds 50
unless a higher test partial pressure has been specified. The test then for each 50, or part thereof, one additional bearing shall be
strips shall be examined for cracks using a 7 magnification taken for testing.
lens. The elastomer has adequate ozone resistance if no
10. Product Marking
perpendicular cracks are observed on that surface of the strip
corresponding to the outer surface of the bearing. 10.1 Every bearing shall be marked in indelible ink or
8.2.6 Low-Temperature Grade Tests: flexible paint. The marking shall consist of the order number,
8.2.6.1 When Low-Temperature Grade 2, 3, or 5 is lot number, bearing identification number and elastomer type
specified, a low-temperature brittleness test shall be carried out and grade reference number.
in accordance with Test Methods D2137, Method A using five 10.2 Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase
test strips. The temperature at which the strips shall be order, the marking should be on a side face visible after
conditioned and tested shall be 10C for Grade 2, 25C for erection of the bridge.
Grade 3, and 40C for Grade 5. To meet the requirements of
this specification, none shall fail. 11. Precision and Bias
11.1 No user is currently interested in participating in a
9. Sampling round robin test to verify precision and bias. As an alternative,
9.1 Unless otherwise specified in the contract or purchase two producers have agreed to run repeatability in their own
order, sampling shall consist of the following. laboratories.
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ANNEX
(Mandatory Information)
A1.3.1 The quadruple shear test specimen, Fig. A1.1, shall NOTE A1.3Slip may show as excessive set on the force-deformation
consist of four identical blocks of elastomer bonded to rigid loops and bond failure as a marked reduction in slope of one or more of
the force-extension curves. The latter should be confirmed by visual
plates.
examination of the bonds.
A1.3.2 The elastomer blocks shall be of uniform thickness,
preferably not less than 6 mm or 14 in. and of square or A1.5 Calculation
rectangular cross-section, the length and width each being not A1.5.1 The shear modulus shall be determined from the
less than four times the thickness. extension curve on the sixth cycle, Fig. A1.2.
A1.3.3 The rigid plates shall be of rectangular section, the
A1.5.2 Take an effective origin at force F1, extension X1
same width as the elastomer blocks, and may be of mild steel.
Suitable plate dimensions for use with 6 mm thick blocks are where F1 is 2 % of the maximum force on the sixth cycle.
a thickness of 5 mm or 316 in. and a width of 25 mm or 1 in. Determine the force F2 at an extension X2 given by X1 + 0.5T,
where T is the average block thickness (A1.3.4).
A1.3.4 Measure the length, width and thickness of the
blocks and determine the average cross-sectional area (A) and NOTE A1.4From force F and extension X, stress = F/2Aand strain
average thickness (T) of a block. = X 2T; X2 X1thus corresponds to 25 % strain.
A1.3.5 The blocks shall be bonded to the rigid plates using A1.5.3 The shear modulus is calculated as follows:
a suitable bonding system which does not require curing at a Shear modulus 5 2 ~ F 2 2 F 1 ! /A (A1.1)
temperature greater than 40C. Care should be taken to prevent
excess bonding cement from adhering to the sides of the where: A is the average cross-sectional area of a block
elastomer blocks. (A1.3.4).
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APPENDIXES
(Nonmandatory Information)
X1.1 Elastomers based on the following rubbers are now in X1.2 The quality control properties of elastomers based on
limited use in bridge bearings in various parts of the world: these rubbers are given in Table X1.1. The values relate to tests
Ethylene propylene rubber (EPDM) carried out on specimens specifically molded for test purposes
Butyl rubber (IIR) and not on specimens prepared from bearings.
Chlorobutyl rubber (CIIR)
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X2.1 Steel-laminated bearing with one external load plate Elastomer layers bonded to steel on both faces: (4 in number)
(at top): Thickness, mm 10
Bottom cover (elastomer layer bonded to steel on one
Overall dimensions, mm: face only):
Length (in direction of main expansion movement) 300 Thickness, mm 6
Width 400 Side cover (elastomer layer bonded to steel edges in
Height 52.5 both the length and width directions):
Total elastomer thickness, mm 46 Thickness, mm 6
Internal steel laminates (4 in number), mm:
Length 288 X2.2 The bottom steel laminate has two 30-mm diameter
Width 388
Thickness of outer (bottom) laminate with dowel 2 (14 gage) dowel holes, 10 mm deep, centered on the length, and 120 mm
holes from the center. The external (top) load plate, length 300 mm,
Thickness of other three internal laminates 1.5 (16 gage) width 500 mm, thickness 25 mm, to be fitted by manufacturer.
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