Seismic isolation has been considered and utilized in various industries as a way to prevent huge damage on to structures by large earthquakes in various industries. The laminated Laminated rubber bearings is are most frequently used in seismic isolation systems. The structural Structural safety could not be assured unless the performance of the rubber bearing is not guaranteed for the life time of the structure under the consideration that the bearing is a critical structural member to sustain vertical loads in the seismically isolated structure. However, there are few studies on the deterioration problems of rubber bearings during their service life. The long term performance of the rubber bearings was not considered in past designs of seismically isolated structures. This study evaluates the long term performance and creep characteristics of laminated natural rubber bearings that are used in seismically isolated buildings. For the this study, a set of accelerated thermal aging tests and creep tests are were performed on real specimens. The experimental results show that the natural rubber bearings would have a stable change rate of change for durability under severe environmental conditions for a long time.

적층고무 면진장치의 전단강성 뿐만 아니라 인장강성 및 압축강성을 실험적으로 구한 후 비선형 해석 프로그램을 이용하여 면진장치를 모델링 하였다. 수평력을 받는 면진된 골조의 면진장치에 전도에 의한 인장응력이 발생되게 하기 위하여 큰 초기변위를 부여한 자유진동 실험을 해석적으로 수행하였다. 적층고무 면진장치는 인장에 약하기 때문에 면진장치에서의 들림 현상을 해석적으로 구하기 위하여 면진장치의 수직방향 강성들이 해석 모델에 적절히 반영되어야 한다.