A few guidelines show how to correctly use FEA stresses to find reasonable margins of safety. Although finite-element analysis has become an indispensable part of engineering, a few users knock it ...
Keywords: Lead rubber (LR) bearings. Low-damping (LDR) bearings. Elastomeric bearings. Lateral displacement. Vertical stiffness. Finite element (FE) analyses. Seismic isolation. Seismic performance.