4.14.5.29. KikuchiAikenLRB Material

uniaxialMaterial('KikuchiAikenLRB', matTag, type, ar, hr, gr, ap, tp, alph, beta, <'-T', temp>, <'-coKQ', rk, rq>, <'-coMSS', rs, rf>)

This command is used to construct a uniaxial KikuchiAikenLRB material object. This material model produces nonlinear hysteretic curves of lead-rubber bearings.

matTag (int)

integer tag identifying material

type (int)

rubber type (see note 1)

ar (float)

area of rubber [unit: m^2]

hr (float)

total thickness of rubber [unit: m]

gr (float)

shear modulus of rubber [unit: N/m^2]

ap (float)

area of lead plug [unit: m^2]

tp (float)

yield stress of lead plug [unit: N/m^2]

alph (float)

shear modulus of lead plug [unit: N/m^2]

beta (float)

ratio of initial stiffness to yielding stiffness

temp (float)

temperature [unit: °C]

rk rq (float)

reduction rate for yielding stiffness ( rk) and force at zero displacement ( rq)

rs rf (float)

reduction rate for stiffness ( rs) and force ( rf) (see note 3)

Note

  1. Following rubber types for type are available:

    • 1 lead-rubber bearing, up to 400% shear strain [Kikuchi et al., 2010 & 2012]

  2. This material uses SI unit in calculation formula. Input arguments must be converted into [m], [m^2], [N/m^2].

  3. rs and rf are available if this material is applied to multipleShearSpring (MSS) element. Recommended values are rs = \(\frac{1}{\sum_{i=0}^{n-1}\sin(\pi*i/n)^2}\) and rf = \(\frac{1}{\sum_{i=0}{n-1}\sin(\pi*i/n)}\), where n is the number of springs in the MSS. For example, when n=8, rs = 0.2500 and rf = 0.1989.

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Notes