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100			_aPond T J
245		4	_aThe mechanics of laminated rubber bearings
260			_bJournal of Natural Rubber Research _c1993
300			_a260-274
520			_aA study of the behaviour of laminated rubber bearings is described with particular emphasis on important aspects concerned with seismic isolation. Theory with supporting experimental data are given which describe the effect of compressive load on damping and the height reduction behaviour of a bearing under combined compression and shear. A study of shear stiffness and the tilting of individual rubber layers in a bearing is also described, and indicates that a departure from the normal linear shear stiffness behaviour occurs at large deformations, and that cavitation is responsible.
650			_aRubber bearings
700			_aThomas A G
942			_cJS
999			_c70849 _d70849