Used for more than three decades as a primary lateral force resisting system, steel plate shear walls are a good choice for a variety of building applications. plate shear walls (SPSW) have …

A steel plate shear element consists of steel infill plates bounded by a column-beam system. When these infill plates occupy each level within a framed bay of a structure, they constitute …

design requirements for steel plate shear walls used in both low- and high-seismic applications. This article will discuss the high-seismic applications, focusing on the design requirements and …

Design Guide 20 addresses the history and design of steel plate shear walls. The guide includes design procedures and design examples for steel plate shear walls in both high-seismic and R …

Steel plate shear walls are rapidly becoming an appealing alternative in high seismic areas. This paper provides an overview of the current state-of-the-art in steel plate shear wall design, …

The steel plate shear wall (SPSW) presents a viable structural system to resist lateral forces during earthquakes. A, SPSW is a lateral force resisting system (LFRS) composed of a thin …

2012年4月26日 · Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) are one of the most economical and under-utilized lateral load resisting systems currently available to structural engineers.

Steel plate shear wall systems have been used in recent years in highly seismic areas to resist lateral loads. Figure 1 shows two basic types of steel shear walls; unstiffened and stiffened …

2010年1月1日 · Due to its robust post-buckling strength, substantial ductility, stable hysteretic characteristics and high initial stiffness, the steel plate shear wall (SPSW) system is now …

2010年11月17日 · A simple rational model is developed in this paper to determine the structural behavior of steel plate wall (SPW) systems, and is referred to as the Modified Plate–Frame …