Japan experiences a considerable number of low to medium earthquake shocks and long‐
duration winds throughout the year, which is relatively more as compared to other different …

Overcoming the deterioration of aging infrastructure has aroused increasing concern in
recent years, particularly, problem of deteriorated elastomeric bearings has emerged as one …

Structural attributes, corrosion of steel rebars in reinforced concrete (RC) columns, thermal
oxidative aging of inherent rubber in laminated rubber bearings (LRBs), replacement of …

Seismic isolation is an effective technology for mitigating the seismic damage to bridges.
However, rupture and large cracks of laminated rubber bearings, including lead rubber …

This study presents the experimental results on a scaled bridge model with a newly
proposed unidirectional rocking isolation bearing system (referred to as Uni‐RIBS) on a …

In Japan, the aging of infrastructure is progressing and the infrastructure management costs
are expected to increase. Furthermore, to reduce the damage caused by frequent disasters …

After served over 10 years for highway bridges, aging deterioration were observed on
exterior of some rubber bearings. The concern of these deterioration and their consequence …

When accessibility to repair damage to bridge columns is a problem, as in the case of multi-
span continuous bridges over rivers, it is necessary to avoid the ultimate failure of the bridge …

Seismic isolation is an essential technology for improving the seismic performance of
bridges. It is necessary to avoid the rupture of isolators to maintain the functionality of …

In ageing existing bridges, the deterioration of the members cannot be ignored and the
model parameters should be carefully estimated in time through observation data from the …