The Effect of Shear Wall Openings on the Response Reduction Factor

This research attempts to investigate the effect of shear wall openings on response reduction factor. Openings are commonly necessary because other engineering disciplines’ requirements. When modest in proportion size wall, their effects frequently disregarded. On hand, when these large or located a high-risk area, they can have significant impact. A broad literature review has been conducted present study. verified comparative example consisting eight stories was studied. Then, numerical study two different model sets with 16 and 8 stories, which were designed according Egyptian code loads, ECP-201 (2012), checked Euro code, EC8 (2004). ETABS software used conduct pushover analysis before after applying different-sized openings. The ground-opening also results show that by increasing opening R-factor reduced. It is more influenced height than width, though. By number percentage R-Factor increased for less 30% area. increases slightly half reinforcement bars added. Doi: 10.28991/CEJ-2022-08-04-013 Full Text: PDF