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NEOPRENE BEARINGS
IRC 83 (Part II)
Load range & movement in
Bearings
Type of bearing Load Movement
(TONNES) (mm)
Steel sliding plates. 20-133 25
Rocker & Roller O/W through girders- 30.5, One end fixed & other
45.7(2 rollers), 61.0, 76.2 free
(4 rollers)
Rocker & Roller with oil O/W through girders more -do-
bath than 76.2
laminate b
c
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.
SHEAR/ TRANSLATION
ACTION
ROTATION/ BENDING ACTION
ACTION UNDER VERTICAL
LOAD
• IRC 83
– Rectangular in plan
– Internal layers shall be of equal thickness
– Bearings safeguarded against displacement by
interface friction without the aid of adhesive or
external anchoring device
– No dowel holes in elastomer/ laminate, even when
filled up subsequently
RAW MATERIAL (915.1)
• Polychloroprene (synthetic rubber) only
shall be used (natural rubber-poly
isoprene is highly reactive with ozone
which causes surface cracks)
• Reclaimed rubber or vulcanized wastes or
natural rubber shall not be used
• Polychloroprene content>60%
• Ash content <5%
RAW MATERIAL (915.1)
• Neoprene WRT, Bayprene 110,
Skyprene B-5 And Denka S-40V shall
be used as elastomer
• EPDM (Ethyl Propylene Dimonomer)
shall not be used
–Infrared spectrography shall be done for
polymer identification ,as per ASTM
D3677
PROPERTIES OF ELASTOMER (915.2)
Property Test method Value
I.S. specified /
Specification Permissible
reference limits
1. Physical Properties :
1.1 Hardness* IS:3400(Part II) 60 + 5 IRHD*
1.2 Mini. tensile strength IS:3400 17 MPa
1.3 Mini. elongation at break (Part I) 400%
2.0 Max comp. set (sample is The residual
Subjected to comp strain of strain “Set”
IS:3400 should not
25 % given for duration 24 exceed
o
(Part X)
(+0, -2) hr & temp 100 C 35 % of initial
(+ 1o C) then it is cooled strain
* IRHD = International Rubber Hardness Degree
PROPERTIES OF ELASTOMER (915.2)
Property Test method Value
I.S. specified
Specification
reference
3.0 Accelerated ageing (When it is heated
for a duration of 70 h & at temp 100 ± 1o C)
and allowed to cool to room temp.
3.1 Maximum change in hardness IS:3400 (Part + 5 IRHD
IV)
3.2 Maximum change in tensile strength Not more than
15 %
3.3 Maximum change in elongation at Not more than
break 30 %
4.0 Ozone Test – Sample is subjected to There should be no cracking or
tensile strain of 20%, at 40o C temp. & disintegration.
ozone concentration kept 50pphm (parts
per hundred million) , for 96 hours
PROPERTIES OF BEARINGS
(915.2, 915.3)
• Shear modulus of elastomer bearing shall
be not less than 0.80 MPA and not more
than 1.20 MPA
• Adhesion strength of elastomer to steel
plates as per IS:3400 Part XIV > 7 KN/M
• Laminated Mild Steel To IS:2062 shall be
used
– Fiber glass or similar fabric shall not be used
DIMENSIONING RULES
(916)
• Thickness of internal layers shall only be
– 8 mm, 10 mm, 12 mm or 16 mm (for special use)
• Thickness of outer layer
– ½ Of inner layer, max 6 mm
– Side cover 6 mm for all
• l0/b0≤2
• h≤b0/5 & h≥b0/10
DIMENSIONAL TOLERANCES
(APPENDIX I)
SN ITEMS TOLERANCES
1. Overall plan dimensions -0, +6 mm
2. Total bearing thickness -0, +5%
3. Parallelism
Of top surface of bearing w. r. t. the 1 in 200
bottom surface as datum
Of one side surface w. r. t. the other as 1 in 100
datum
4. Thick. of individual internal elastomer + 20%, max of
layer 2mm
Thickness of individual outer layer -0, + 1 mm
5. Plan dimensions of laminates -3 mm, +0
Thickness of laminate + 10 %
Parallelism of laminate with respect to 1 in 100
bearing base as datum
FABRICATION (917)
• Bearing with steel laminates shall be cast as
single unit in a mould and vulcanized under
heat and pressure
– Vulcanising equipment/ press shall be such that
between platens constant pressure/ temperature
can be maintained
• Mould shall be kept at uniform temperature and pressure
for uniform vulcanisation
FABRICATION (917)
– All bearings shall preferably be fabricated in
one lot
– Steel plates for laminates shall be sand
blasted clean of all mill scale and
contaminants
– Rusted plates with pitting shall not be used
– Edges of plates shall be rounded
FABRICATION (917)
– Spacers shall be used in moulds to ensure cover
and location of laminates
• Hole in surface or in edge cover shall be filled in
subsequently
– Raw material to be put in metal dies for
vulcanisation shall be weighed accurately
• Homogeneous and compact bearing
• No spongyness or deficiency of material shall be there
– Before any batch, test pieces shall be made to
monitor quality
ACCEPTANCE (918)
RIGID CONCRETE
SLAB (DEFLECTED)
UNDER ‘H’
2H
RIGID CONCRETE
SLAB (FIXED)
SHEAR MODULUS
(APPENDIX 2)
1. Two test bearings
2. Preload bearings with max horizontal load, Htest (Ntest
held constant) and release before test loading
3. Vertical Load Of 5 MPA shall be held constant
4. H increased gradually @ 0.05 To 0.1 MPA per min
The horizontal loading H shall be increased to Htest
max which corresponds to horizontal deflection
equal to h (total elastomer thickness)
5. Load and deflection shall be measured at equal
intervals (min 5)
6. Graph shall be plotted
7. Determine the slope which is ‘G’
8. Value of G to be within ±20% of 1MPa and there
should be no sign of instability ,defect or damage
STRIPPING STRENGTH
A tilted bearing (The tilt from vertical shall be quantified); edge &57scale
Bulging
Tearing of bearings