Study on the Performance Diagram of Multi-Lead Core Rubber Bearing for NPPs

The application of lead rubber bearing (LRB) system is able to secure the large shear deformation and high axial load's stability for nuclear power plants. Typically LRB is having a large shear displacement performance. But when the general LRB applied for nuclear power plants, it was increase the quantity of device and a spaced arrangement get narrow. In this paper, a manufacture full-scale specimen and evaluated the performance testing in variable axial load and shear displacement with the LRB in previous use for architecture. This LRB is applied to the improved rubber material and applied the multi-lead core. In this paper, it was evaluated the performance testing in variable axial load and shear displacement with the full-scale multi-lead rubber bearing for the application of nuclear power plants. From the test results, the design of bearing performed properly and appeared the excellent stability under the more than design value