Malaysia’s Capability in Producing High Damping

Rubber Bearings
T.T. Or Jimmy Seng
www.doshinrubber.com www.doshinrubber.com

January 2017
 Dosbumi
Technology ITALY

Market development CE Certification

R&D, design of base UiTM

isolation technology
Nano-technology

Seismic specialist

Shear damper
ITALY
Vertical vibration UTM
(high speed train)
Rubber as advanced Damper
engineering materials

CHINA

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 Introduction

• High Damping Natural Rubber bearings

generally provide hysteresis damping up to
around 14%

• Doshin Rubber Product Sdn Bhd had developed

a super high damping natural rubber (S-HDNR)
compounds (24% damping) for the production of
bearings for use in two base isolation
applications in Indonesia.

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 Projects with
Super High Damping
Rubber Bearing (S-HDRB)
from Doshin Rubber

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 Project 1:
Hospital Project in
Jakarta, Indonesia

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 S-HDRB Design

• Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia – initial proposal

by the structural engineering consultants was
to use a combination of LRB + HDRB
• Doshin Rubber proposed solely HDRB
• Thus, the challenge is to maintain the initial
24% hysteresis damping of LRB in the new
HDRB proposal

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Teaching Hospital of Universitas Indonesia (RSUI) - Jakarta

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 S-HDRB Design

Location and type of isolators used in the University of Indonesia Hospital

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 Properties of developed S-HDNR Compound
Shear Strain Frequency Temperature Shear Modulus Damping Ratio
Cycle #
(%) (Hz) (oC) G (MPa) ζ (%)
100 0.5 23±2 3 0.62 22
2.5

Stress (N/mm2)
Effect of Strain
Amplitude 2

1.5

0.5

0
-350 -300 -250 -200 -150 -100 -50 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
-0.5 Strain (%)

-1

-1.5

-2

-2.5

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 S-HDRB Design

Higher damping is required due to:

(a) the high design acceleration used in structural design
(b) the building sits on soft ground that further amplifies the bedrock acceleration

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University of Indonesia Hospital

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 S-HDRB Testing

• Compression-shear test (eLab-140)

Simultaneous compression-shear loading

4 cycles @ 100% shear strain
Mechanical properties reported from 3rd cycle

eLab-140 capacity : 20,000 kN ultimate compression

: 2,000 kN maximum shear force
: Max displacement + 500 mm
: Max bearing size up to 1,000 mm diameter

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 S-HDRB Testing

• Compression-shear test (eLab-150)

One of the largest in the world

Capacity : 50,000 kN compression

: 5,000 kN shear
: + 1,000 mm displacement
: 2.2m x 2.2m platform
: Max bearing up to 2m 

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 S-HDRB Testing
Acceptance criteria:-
• S-HDRB C EN 15129 Clause 8.2.1.2.2
(-/+ 20% from design value)

Keff Damping ratio

Designed : 3500 kN/m Designed : 24 %

Laboratory : 3369 kN/m Laboratory : 24 %
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 S-HDRB Testing

• 100% S-HDRB production control tests

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 S-HDRB Testing

• Scaled-down S-HDRB A (S-HDRB A2)

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 S-HDRB Testing

• Breaking test
– (Scaled-down S-HDRB A)

100 200 300

Shear Deflection (%)

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 S-HDRB Testing

Cyclic test
– (Scaled-down S-HDRB A)

Shear Deflection
(mm/100 mm)

Note:-
Design Displacement
is 100 mm

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 Conclusion

• S-HDRB with 24% damping ratio was

developed for the projects.
• Seismic isolation offers as an effective
alternative to mitigate earthquake effects
• It also serves as retrofitting strategy for
existing building / infrastructure

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 THANK YOU!

doshin@rubberdamping.com

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