In Chile, office buildings are typically reinforced concrete (RC) structures whose lateral load-resisting system comprises core structural walls and perimeter moment frames (i.e., dual wall-frame system). the last 20 years, nearly 800 new have been built in country roughly 70% of them less than ten stories. Although seismic performance these was deemed satisfactory previous earthquakes, their a...

Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) consist of unstiffened infill steel panels surrounded by columns, called Vertical Boundary Elements (VBE), on both sides, and beams, called Horizontal Boundary Elements (HBE), above and below. These infill steel panels are allowed to buckle in shear and subsequently form a diagonal tension field. SPSW are progressively being used as the primary lateral force resis...

Currently, the steel plate shear wall (SPSW) is commonly used in high-rise buildings as a lateral load-resisting system due to its several advantages such lightweight and high ductility strength. The SPSW consists of two main parts, i.e., boundary frame infill plate, which are connected by welding. objective this work study effect weld separation on seismic behavior SPSWs. A numerical method wa...

Concrete coupled wall is one of the outstanding seismic resisting systems for mid to high-rise building structures located in a high region. In this system, link beam provides coupling action between and adjacent panel, which significantly increases system's lateral stiffness eventually reduce footprint system. However, once damaged due severe earthquake, it difficult, costly, time-consuming be...

Abstract Sheathed timber frame shear walls (STFSW) with strong anchorage have recently been studied to be used as the main lateral force resisting system in buildings. The first part of this research project highlighted enhancement stiffness and strength STFSWs comparison established configuration light-frame under monotonic horizontal loading. In paper, in-plane seismic behavior was further in...

Steel frame with steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) is used to resist lateral loads caused by wind and earthquakes in high-rise buildings. In this load-resisting system, the cost performance are more efficient than moment system. Behaviors of beam-to-column connections assumed be pinned or fixed simplify calculation past few decades. However, studies have stated that such a simulation fails reveal...

distinct target of this paper is development of 'implicit discrete element method (dem)' in three dimensions for estimating the ultimate bearing capacity of shallow foundations on layered (non-homogeneous) soils consisting of sand overlying sand or clay overlying sand and vice versa with different shear resisting parameters. in this method, shear resisting parameters and density of ea...

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