Abstract: Fiber-reinforced elastomeric isolators (FREIs) have been proposed as a cost-effective solution for expanding the use of seismic isolation to normal-importance structures. By using lightweight fiber reinforcement and ...

Abstract: This paper presents a theory for the buckling of short beams considering cross-sectional distortions due to transverse shear (i.e., shear warping), based on the consistent linearization of a geometrically nonlinear ...