Developing a Mathematical Strip Modeling Method of Partial Steel Plate Shear Walls

Abstract

Structural Frame system is considered as an earthquake resisting structural system. On the other hand, many techniques were used to improve the resistance against lateral loads, where Steel Plate Shear Wall fixed within frame span is one of those techniques.

This research aims to develop the Strip model of Partial Steel Plate Shear Walls with Reinforced-Concrete Frame.

This study applies numerical analysis using Finite Element Method (FEM) based on Geometrical and Material Non-Linear Analysis (GMNLA). The developed model was built based on the fundamental strip model in the universal codes and Improved models used in this research

This study proved the ability of The developed model to predict the total nonlinear response with a good accuracy, A parametric study on the effect of the used strip number and their angel slope on the total nonlinear behavior of the developed strip model was also covered in the final part of this study.