Simplified Approximations for Critical Design Parameters of Rectangular Fiber-Reinforced Elastomeric Isolators

Analytical solutions for critical design properties of elastomeric bearings, such as the compression modulus, bending modulus, and maximum shear strain due to compression or rotation, including the compressibility of the elastomer, have been developed for most basic laminated elastomeric bearing geometries. Due to the introduction of extensible fiber reinforcement, these analytical solutions have been expanded to include the extensibility of …