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The document provides an overview of bridge bearings, detailing their functions, classifications, and selection criteria. It discusses various types of bearings, including sliding, roller, rocker, elastomeric, and pot bearings, along with their maintenance and testing requirements. Key findings from research on elastomeric bearings and their design aspects are also highlighted, emphasizing their advantages and limitations.

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PMC bearing

The document provides an overview of bridge bearings, detailing their functions, classifications, and selection criteria. It discusses various types of bearings, including sliding, roller, rocker, elastomeric, and pot bearings, along with their maintenance and testing requirements. Key findings from research on elastomeric bearings and their design aspects are also highlighted, emphasizing their advantages and limitations.

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Bridge Bearings

Bearing
It is the interface between two major
components of bridge structure i.e.
super structure and sub structure.
The factors causing movement in the
bridge superstructure

 Thermal expansion and contraction


 Deformation under live load
 Longitudinal forces- tractive / breaking
 Wind loads
 Settlement of supports
 Seismic forces
 Creep and shrinkage of concrete
Functions of bearing

 Load transmission
 Permit rotary or rocking movement caused
by deflection of super structure.
 Allow horizontal movement of super
structure due to expansion or contraction.
 Restrict lateral movement of super structure
 Translationcan be permitted by the following
modes of action :
– By sliding action
– By rolling action
– By shearing strain

 Rotation can be permitted by the following modes


– By rocking/hinge action
– By differential compression (as in elastomeric pads)
– By bending/flexure (as in tall piers, portals).
Classification
 Based on Degree of Freedom
1. Fixed
2. Sliding
3. Rocker and roller
 Based on material used
1. Steel
2. Bronze
3. Synthetic material
• Elastomeric pads
• PTFE-Poly Tetra Fluoro Ethylene
SELECTION OF BEARINGS
The selection depends upon a no. of factors
 Functional requirement
 Expected life –compatible with life of bridge
 Maintenance efforts- should be minimum
 Cost
 Other factors
– Height of the bearing
– Management of horizontal force transferred to the
substructure
– Performance under seismic loads.
SLIDING BEARINGS
DIFF. SLIDING BEARINGS
 Common materials being used and their
co-efficient of friction are

Material 
a) Mild steel over mild steel 0.2 to 0.3
b) Mild steel over phosphor 0.15
bronze
c) PTFE over stainless steel Less than 0.08
MAINTENANCE – GREASING
Equipments required for greasing of sliding
bearings :
 Jacks (50 ton capacity) 2 nos
 Hard wooden packing (below and above jack)
 Grease graphite grade 3 conforming to IS:508
 Kerosene or released black oil for cleaning
 6 mm thick steel scrapers
 Mortar pan
 Cotton waste.
ROLLER BEARING
ROLLER BEARING AT FREE END
ROCKER BEARING AT FIXED END
ELASTOMERIC BEARING
ELASTOMERIC BEARINGS
The elastomeric bearings offer a number of
advantages as listed below:
1. Minimum maintenance- as no moving parts
2. Installation is easy
3. Permits movement in all directions
4. Occupies small space
5. Serves as a shock absorber due to anti-vibrations
properties of elastomer
6. As an aid to better management of longitudinal
forces.
IMPORTANT FINDINGS by ORE
(office for research & experiments) of FRENCH
Elastomer doesn’t follow hook’s law & E
≠constant
But G = Constant & G is more relevant than
E
µ between elastomer & base material
unaffected by nature of contact surface
µ reduces with increased normal loads(N)
µ=0.1+0.6/N
IMPORTANT FINDINGS by ORE
contd.
Performance of elastomer not affected by
temp variation with in range of (-15 to
+50oC)
Under cyclic load, it becomes flexible
Tendency to slip, when normal pressure is
less than 2MPa.
Anti slip devices
INSPECTION, TESTING &
ACCEPTANCE
 Lot by lot inspection
 Any testing delayed beyond 180 days
require special approval
 All test facilities at manufacturer’s premises
 A lot under acceptance shall comprise all
bearings including the pair of extra bearings
where ever applicable
SIZE OF LOT
A lot size of 24 or larger number of bearings shall
be defined as LARGE LOT
 A lot size of less than 24 bearings shall be defined
as SMALL LOT

 When the number of bearings for a project is large


and phased production and acceptance is permitted
then number of bearings supplied in any phase of
supply shall be considered as LARGE LOT
LEVELS OF ACCEPTANCE
 LEVEL-1 ACCEPTANCE TESTING
– For large lots only
– Two extra bearings consumed in destructive
testing
 LEVEL-2 ACCEPTANCE TESTING
– For small lots only
– No destructive testing unless otherwise
specified
TESTING
1. General Inspection

2. Tests On Specially Moulded Test Piece

3. Test On Complete Bearings or Sections


LEVEL-2 ACCEPTANCE TESTING

 General Inspection
 Tests on Specially Moulded Test Pieces
 Test on Complete Bearings
– Tests for Shear Modulus ( It is not a
destructive test)

These bearing shall become part of the LOT


DESIGN ASPECTS OF
ELASTOMERIC BEARINGS
 Dimensional check
1. Length ≤ 2 width
2. Width / 10 ≤ Height ≤ width / 5
3. Shape factor = 6 to 12
 Pressure criteria
1.  min = 2 MPa
2.  max = 10 MPa
3. There should be no slip condition
use relation  = 0.1 + 0.6/ N
DESIGN ASPECTS contd…..
 Distortion limit
Distortion shouldn’t exceed 70 % of ht.
 Bed Block Pressure
Bed Block Pressure shouldn’t exceed
0.25 x fck
 No uplift condition
Rotation under DL and LL should be within limits
 Thickness of steel laminate should be
checked.
Limitations of Elastomeric Bearings
 Ordinary elastomeric bearing can’t be
used as a fixed bearing
 Translation allowed by elastomeric
bearing is restricted by its thickness –
0.5 to 0.6 of thickness
 Thick elastomeric pads are rather
unstable
 Limit of vertical load which can be
placed safely on elastomeric pads
– It causes excessive compression &
bulging.
POT BEARING
POT BEARINGS
 Pot bearing – It take beneficial properties of
elastomer in fixed bearings & design of large
expansion bearings
 Rotational movement permitted by shear
deformation of an elastomeric pad
 Translational movement restraint by completely
encasing the elastomeric pad in a POT
 No comp. deflection of elastomer as it is
encased
 Sliding component can be added at top.
PTFE
It is a
 Linear chain polymer of high molecular
strength
 Chemically inert
 Low coeff. of friction
 Not oxidized easily
 Stable at extreme atmospheric temperatures
 Resistant to all common solvent.
Pot Bearings used for the first time for Steel Bridge Girders of Indian
Railways in Mandovi and Zuari in KRCL
What a size of POT-PTFE bearing ?
Suitability of Bearing for spans
Bearing Bridge & Spans (m) Remarks
Both end Plate girders 9.15, Elastomeric and
steel plates. 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5 PTFE on trial basis
phosphor Composite 9.15, For U/S O/W-30.5
bronze 12.2, 18.3, 24.4, 30.5 (With one end fixed )
Rocker & O/W through girders- One end fixed &
Roller 30.5, 45.7(2 rollers), other free
61.0, 76.2 (4 rollers)
Rocker & O/W through girders -do-
Roller with more than 76.2
oil bath
Load range & movement in
Bearing
Type of bearing Load (T) Movement
(mm) one
way
Steel sliding plates. 20-133 25
Roller bearing 60-266 100
Elastomeric Bearing 30-220 60

Pot bearing 20-1780 No limit


THANKS

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