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  1. achrysos

    Elastomeric blocks / combined shear and compression fatigue

    Hello, my question regards fatigue of elastomeric bearings under cyclic load in compression and shear combined.The only comprehensive document I found regarding fatigue is the NCHRP report 298 (1987) and still they cannot make any statement for this loading situation. On the other hand their...
  2. achrysos

    Friction Pendulum sliding isolator in ETABS.

    Hi everyone. I am trying to simulate a friction/pendulum sliding isolator in ETABS. I use the NLling and the "isolator2" property. I could not find any documentation nowhere on how to model the FPS in ETABS. What I did was to create a frame element between the structure and the support and...

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