Dr. Mark E. Barkey

Compression testing of rubber bearing pads, per AASHTO specifications.

The Rubber bearing were compression tested to 50,000 lbs of force for a period of 15 hours.
The MTS 810 frame was used with FlexTest SE controller with the Multi-Purpose Testware from MTS.

Rubber bearing pads were supplied by Dr. Michael Hayes of Metals and Mateials Engineers (MME).