GB2242002A - Laminated rubber support assembly - Google Patents

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GB2242002A
GB2242002A GB9005604A GB9005604A GB2242002A GB 2242002 A GB2242002 A GB 2242002A GB 9005604 A GB9005604 A GB 9005604A GB 9005604 A GB9005604 A GB 9005604A GB 2242002 A GB2242002 A GB 2242002A
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    • EFIXED CONSTRUCTIONS
    • E04BUILDING
    • E04HBUILDINGS OR LIKE STRUCTURES FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSES; SWIMMING OR SPLASH BATHS OR POOLS; MASTS; FENCING; TENTS OR CANOPIES, IN GENERAL
    • E04H9/00Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate
    • E04H9/02Buildings, groups of buildings or shelters adapted to withstand or provide protection against abnormal external influences, e.g. war-like action, earthquake or extreme climate withstanding earthquake or sinking of ground
    • E04H9/021Bearing, supporting or connecting constructions specially adapted for such buildings
    • E04H9/022Bearing, supporting or connecting constructions specially adapted for such buildings and comprising laminated structures of alternating elastomeric and rigid layers
    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16FSPRINGS; SHOCK-ABSORBERS; MEANS FOR DAMPING VIBRATION
    • F16F1/00Springs
    • F16F1/36Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers
    • F16F1/40Springs made of rubber or other material having high internal friction, e.g. thermoplastic elastomers consisting of a stack of similar elements separated by non-elastic intermediate layers

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Abstract

A laminated rubber support assembly which earthquake-proofs buildings comprises a plurality of rigid plates (6) arranged to alternate with rubber-like elastic plates (7) and adapted to support a heavy object in such a manner as to allow the object to swing horizontally. At least the peripheral region (7a) of each rubber-like elastic plate (7) interposed between rigid plates (6) is not bonded (at 7b) to the rigid plates (6). <IMAGE>

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SPECIFICATION LAMINATED RUBBER SUPPORT ASSEMBLY BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a laminated rubber support assembly utilized for earthquake-proofing buildings and other structures.
Description of the Prior Art As for a foundation material for protecting buildings and other structures against earthquakes, a laminated rubber support assembly as shown in Fig. 4 is known (Japanese Patent Application Disclosure No. 209347/1982).
This laminated rubber support assembly 1 comprises a plurality of steel plates 2 and thin rubber plates 3 alternating with and vulcanization-bonded to said steel plates 2. In this assembly, since the ratio of the vertical spring rigidity to the horizontal spring rigidity can be greatly increased, it supports a building 4, which is a heavy object, in a stable manner and if an earthquake should occur, it allows the building to swing horizontally at a low speed with a period which is longer than the period of the earthquake, thus decreasing the input acceleration of the earthquake. Therefore, the earthquake resisting strengtn required of buildings can be made much lower than in the case of conventional rigid structure foundations which fix a building directly to the ground. Particularly, it facilitates the construction of high-rise buildings.
When the behavior of the rubber plates 3 of said laminated rubber support assembly 1 is observed, the following is found.
In the no-load state before the vulcanization-bonded laminate is installed, the laminate has been finished such that each rubber plate 3 is inwardly recessed with respect to the steel plates 2, as shown in Fig. 6 (a). In the installed state in which it is interposed between the building and the foundation, each rubber plate 3 is compressed and its peripheral region is arcuately bulged, as shown in Fig. 6 (b). After installation, if an earthquake should occur to cause a horizontal displacement of each steel plate 2, then, as shown in Fig. 6 (c), since each rubber plate 3 has its upper and lower surfaces bound by the steel plates 2, the whole is deformed under shearing stress.At this time, the exposed portion of the peripheral region of each rubber plate is obliquely stretched, as shown in Fig. 6 (c); however, since this peripheral region is also subjected to lateral tension from the inner region, it is in the highly tensioned state as compared with the inner region.
Particularly when it is deformed to a large extent, it becomes harder, thus increasing the horizontal spring constant, a fact which decreases the earthquake-proofing capacity whi;e causing the peripheral region to break as at 3a in Fig. 6 (c).
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the invention provides a construction which prevents the peripheral region of the rubber plate from being subjected to high tension during great deformation. With this construction, the horizontal spring constant is held substantially constant during great deformation, eliminating the danger of the rubber plates breaking during great deformation, thereby increasing the earthquake-proofing capacity and durability of the laminated rubber support assembly.
The invention discloses a laminated rubber support assembly comprising a plurality of rigid plates arranged to alternate with rubber-like elastic plates and adapted to support a heavy object in such a manner as to allow said object to swing horizontally, said laminated rubber support assembly being characterized in that at least the peripheral region of each rubber-like elastic plate interposed between rigid plates is not bonded to the rigid plates.
In the above arrangement, the peripheral region of each rubber-like elastic plate is simply in contact with and held between rigid plates and not fixed to them. Therefore, as compared with the conventional completely bonded type, it can move rather freely with respect to the upper and lower rigid plates.
Therefore, when the upper and lower rigid plates make horizontal relative movement, the peripheral region follows said movement and starts rolling, so that the lateral tensile force from the inner region is absorbed by the material of said peripheral region being deformed.
Further, since the surface area of the peripheral region is large, the tensile force acting on this portion is dispersed and minimized.
As a result, the phenomenon of the peripheral region being hardened during great deformation no longer occur, preventing the peripheral region from breaking and the horizontal spring constant from increasing during great deformation.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figs. 1 (a), (b) and (c) are fragmentary sectional views of a laminated rubber support assembly according to the present invention, showing the no-load state, the compressed state and the compressed sheared state thereof, respectively; Fig. 2 is a sectional view showing the deformed state of the laminated rubber support assembly of the invention; Fig. 3 is a graph showing the shearing characteristics m of the laminated rubber support assembly of the invention with respect to the horizontal deformation of the laminated rubber support assembly of the invention in comparison with the characteristics n of a conventional laminated rubber support assembly; Fig. 4 is a front view showing the common construction of laminated rubber support assemblies;; Fig. 5 is a front view showing a construction for earthquake-proofing buildings by using laminated rubber support assemblies; and Figs. 6 (a), (b) and (c) are fragmentary sectional views of a conventional laminated rubber support assembly, showing the no-load state, the compressed state and the compressed sheared state thereof, respectively.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A laminated rubber support assembly 5 according to the present invention, as shown in Figs. 1 (a), (b) and (c) and Fig. 2, comprises a rigid plates 6, such as steel plates, and rubber-like elastic plates 7 of natural rubber, synthetic rubber or the like, said plates 6 and 7 being alternately laminated to each other in such a manner that the peripheral region of each rubber-like elastic plate 7 is not bonded to the rigid plates 6. That is, aside from the peripheral region, the central region alone is fixed to the rigid plates as by vulcanization, the peripheral region being simply in contact therewith.
In this case, the lateral end of the rubber-like elastic plate 7 is bulged outward and connected to the upper and lower surfaces by an arc, as shown in Fig. 1 (a). This is preferable in that it facilitates said rolling. When the laminated rubber support assembly 5 constructed in the manner described above is installed between a heavy object, such as a building, and a foundation therefor, the lateral end thereof projects outward owing to the compression load, as shown in Fig. 1 (b). When the laminated rubber support assembly 5 is horizontally deformed for earthquake-proofing operation, as shown in Fig. 2, the peripheral region of each rubber-like elastic plate is deformed as shown in Fig. 1 (c). This will now be described in more detail.
The non-bonded surface 7b of the peripheral region 7a follows the movement of the rigid plates 6 with predetermined friction force, so that the material of the peripheral region starts rolling. At this time, since the material of the peripheral region is not bound by the rigid plates 6, it can be elastically deformed more freely than the material of the bonded inner region.
Therefore, the tensile force directed to the lateral end 7c due to the horizontal relative displacement of the upper and lower rigid plates 6 and the tensile force directed laterally from the inner region are dispersed, so that the peripheral region 7a will not be hardened even during great deformation. Therefore, the phenomenon of the outer surface of the peripheral region being broken during great deformation no longer occur, and the horizontal spring constant is maintained substantially constant even during great deformation, developing earthquake-proofing characteristics effective also in withstanding great earthquakes.
The non-bonded type construction described above has characteristics such that the greater the load, the greater the friction force of the non-bonded surface 7b acting on the rigid plate 6, so that the area which performs the function of a spring increases, thus increasing the spring constant. This means that a single type of laminated rubber support assembly can be used both for heavier buildings and for less heavy buildings.
That is, to obtain the primary intrinsic period effective in withstanding earthquakes, a greater spring constant is required for heavier buildings while a smaller spring constant is required for less heavy buildings.
In addition, in the above embodiment, the rubber-like elastic plate 7, aside from its peripheral regipn, has been bonded to the rigid plates 6. However, in the case where the laminated rubber support assembly is utilized for earthquake-proofing buildings, since the friction force produced by surface pressure due to load is generally greater than the shearing force produced, all surface may be left non-bonded; the holding of the upper and lower rigid plates 6 and rubber-like elastic plate 7 is effected by this friction force only. In this case, the bonding process becomes unnecessary, lowering the manufacturing cost. In addition, in this complete surface non-bonded construction, it is necessary that the positional relation between the upper and lower rigid plates 6 and the rubber-like elastic plate 7 be maintained constant during the time the assembly is installed under a building.As for means therefor, there may be contemplated the use of temporary fixing members for temporarily fixing the assembly over its upper and lower end rigid plates, the use of a vibration energy absorbing rubber member made of such material as elastoplastic body, viscoelastic body, lead or highly attenuating rubber, to surround the laminated rubber support assembly so as to provide a holding construction having a vibration attenuating effect, or the use of a soft heat-resistant element to surround the laminated rubber support assembly to provide a holding construction which is also fire-resistant. In the holding construction having a vibration attenuating effect and the holding construction which is fire-resistant, since the laminated rubber support assembly in the interior is protected from the open air, its life is prolonged.Particularly in the case of the holding construction having a vibration attenuating effect, the psychological anxious feeling, associated with the complete-surface non-bonded type laminated rubber support assembly, that the component layers would be displaced sideways (which has been proved to be nothing more than overanxiousness} can be wiped away; thus, the residents feel greater confidence in the building to withstand earthquakes.
In addition, besides serving for earthquake-proofing buildings, the laminated rubber support assembly of the invention can be used also as a damper for machines In the present invention, since the peripheral region of each rubber-like elastic plate is made independent of the rigid plates rather than bonded thereto, the peripheral region is prevented from being hardened during great deformation, avoiding damage and an increase in horizontal spring constant, thereby providing an increased capacity to withstand earthquakes.

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1. A laminated rubber support assembly comprising a plurality of rigid plates arranged to alternate with rubber-like elastic plates and adapted to support a heavy object in such a manner as to allow said object to swing horizontally, said laminated rubber support assembly being characterzed in that: at least the peripheral region of each rubber-like elastic plate interposed between rigid plates is not bonded to the rigid plates.
2. A laminated rubber support assembly substantially as hereinbefore described with reference to Figs. 1 to 3 of the accompanying drawings.
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GB2244784B (en) * 1990-06-07 1994-03-30 Dunlop Ltd Elastomeric mounting
GB2344148A (en) * 1998-11-26 2000-05-31 Eurocopter Deutschland Fibre-reinforced spring element
FR2869565A1 (en) * 2004-04-28 2005-11-04 Eurocopter France PROTECTING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WITH IMPACTS

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US2752766A (en) * 1952-04-04 1956-07-03 Wildhaber Ernest Laminated mounting and connection, especially for universal joints
GB775866A (en) * 1954-05-21 1957-05-29 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in resilient stops or buffers and other resilient devices
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US2752766A (en) * 1952-04-04 1956-07-03 Wildhaber Ernest Laminated mounting and connection, especially for universal joints
GB775866A (en) * 1954-05-21 1957-05-29 British Thomson Houston Co Ltd Improvements in resilient stops or buffers and other resilient devices
GB1333308A (en) * 1970-08-24 1973-10-10 Lord Corp Axial suspension system that accomodates relative lateral movement

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GB2244784B (en) * 1990-06-07 1994-03-30 Dunlop Ltd Elastomeric mounting
GB2344148A (en) * 1998-11-26 2000-05-31 Eurocopter Deutschland Fibre-reinforced spring element
GB2344148B (en) * 1998-11-26 2000-12-06 Eurocopter Deutschland Fibre-reinforced spring element
FR2869565A1 (en) * 2004-04-28 2005-11-04 Eurocopter France PROTECTING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE WITH IMPACTS
US7565778B2 (en) 2004-04-28 2009-07-28 Eurocopter Composite protection for revealing damage to a core in a vehicle such as an aircraft

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