Abstract
High damping rubber (HDR) bearings are extensively used in seismic design for bridges due to their remarkable energy dissipation capabilities, which is critical during earthquakes. A thorough assessment of crucial factors such as temperature, rate, experienced maximum amplitude, and the Mullins effect of HDR on the mechanics-based constitutive model of HDR is lacking. To address this issue, we propose a deep learning approach that integrates the Gate Recurrent Unit (GRU) and attention mechanism to identify time series characteristics from compression-shear test data of HDR specimens. It is shown that the combination of GRU and attention mechanism enables accurate prediction of the mechanical behavior of HDR specimens. Compared to the sole use of GRU, this suggested method significantly reduces model complexity and computation time while maintaining good prediction performance. Therefore, it offers a new approach to constructing the HDR constitutive model. Finally, the HDR constitutive model was used to analyze the impact of experienced maximum amplitudes and cycles on following processes. It was observed that maximum amplitudes directly influence the stress-strain relationship of HDR during subsequent processes. Consequently, a solid foundation is laid for evaluating the responses of HDR bearings under earthquakes.
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