Experimental investigation of the ultimate resistance of slender, steel-plate girder web panels to combined shear-and-patch loading indicates significant interaction between shear loading and patch loading. However, an existing interaction formula is based on experimental results. Herein, an improved design procedure for slender plate girders subjected to combined shear and patch loading is pro...

Timber platform-frame shear walls are characterized by high ductility and diffuse energy dissipation but limited in-plane shear resistance. A novel lightweight constructive system composed of steel columns braced with oriented strand board (OSB) panels was conceived and tested. Preliminary laboratory tests were performed to study the OSB-to-column connections with self-drilling screws. Then, th...

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...

Steel–concrete composite shear wall offers a favourable lateral strength and deformation ductility for seismic applications while significantly shortening the project schedule through eliminating use of formworks taking advantage modular construction methodology. This paper presents fibre-based modelling technique simulation cyclic nonlinear response walls by existing reinforced concrete steel ...

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...