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    Elastomeric bearings per AASHTO §14.7.5.3.3: shear strain, step by step

    A bearing fails when its rubber layers shear too much. AASHTO puts compression, rotation and displacement into one sum. I explain it from scratch and work it out for a 350 × 450 mm bearing.

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