1 Introduction1
1.1 Background and Motivation 1
1.2 Recent Research2
1.2.1 Analytical Studies 2
1.2.2 Experimental Studies5
1.2.3 Standards and Codes7
1.3 Objectives and Organization of This Book9
References10
2 Steel Plate Shear Walls with Considering the Gravity Load
by the EffectiveWidth Model15
2.1 Introduction15
2.2 The Gravity Load Effect on the Shear Strength of the Steel
Plate Shear Walls17
2.2.1 Numerical Model 17
2.2.2 Verifications Under Monotonic Tests 19
2.2.3 Verifications Under Cyclic Tests20
2.2.4 Pushover Analysis Results24
2.2.5 Cyclic Results31
2.2.6 Shear Strength Obtained from Existing Model 38
2.3 Vertical Stress Distribution Under Compression40
2.3.1 The EffectiveWidth Model 40
2.3.2 Evaluation of the EffectiveWidth Model 43
2.3.3 Discusses on the EffectiveWidth Model46
2.4 Stresses Under Compression and Shear 47
2.4.1 Stresses Analysis 47
2.4.2 Discusses on Stresses50
2.4.3 Shear Capacity of the Infill Steel Plate 51
2.4.4 LoadCarrying Capacity of the Steel Plate Shear Wall53
2.5 Inclination Angle of the Steel Wall with Considering
the Gravity Load53
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2.5.1 Assumption53
2.5.2 Inclination Angles of the Infill Steel Plate55
2.5.3 Discuss of the Inclination Angle 57
2.5.4 LoadCarrying Capacity Considering the Inclination
Angle 58
2.6 ShearDisplacement Relationship59
2.6.1 ShearDisplacement Relationship Under Compression
and Shear59
2.6.2 ShearDisplacement Relationship Under
Compression, Shear and Bending63
2.6.3 Experimental Verification67
2.7 Summary 82
References83
3 Steel Plate Shear Walls with Considering the Gravity Load
by a ThreeSegment Distribution 85
3.1 Introduction85
3.2 The ThreeSegment Distribution Under Uniform Compression 87
3.2.1 The Cosine Distribution Under Uniform Compression87
3.2.2 The Proposed Stress Distribution Under Uniform
Compression 89
3.2.3 Numerical Analysis 92
3.3 The ThreeSegment Distribution Under Compression
and Inplane Bending106
3.3.1 The Cosine Stress Distribution106
3.3.2 The Proposed Three Segment Stress Distribution109
3.3.3 Finite Element (FE) Analysis 113
3.4 Shear Strength Considering the Gravity Load120
3.4.1 Stresses Under Compression and Shear 120
3.4.2 Shear Strength122
3.4.3 Discussion of the Approach124
3.4.4 Parametric Analysis 125
3.4.5 Shear Strength126
3.4.6 Aspect Ratio and Slenderness Ratio129
3.5 Shear Strength Considering the Gravity Load and Inplane
Bending130
3.5.1 Parametric Analysis 131
3.5.2 Shear Capacity 138
3.5.3 Stress Gradient 138
3.6 Summary 141
References142
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4 Cross Stiffened Steel Plate ShearWalls Considering theGravity
Load 145
4.1 Introduction145
4.2 Shear Strength Model147
4.2.1 Stress Under Gravity Load 147
4.2.2 Stress Under Compression and Shear149
4.2.3 Shear Capacity 151
4.2.4 Discussions of the Proposed Model152
4.3 Numerical Analysis155
4.3.1 Finite Element Model155
4.3.2 Parametric Analysis 157
4.3.3 Evaluation of the Vertical Stress Distribution157
4.3.4 Evaluation of the Shear Strength158
4.4 Summary 161
References162
5 Corrugated Steel Plate Shear Wall Considering the Gravity
Load 165
5.1 Introduction165
5.2 Experiment Design168
5.3 Test Results170
5.3.1 Hysteretic Curve170
5.3.2 Envelope Curves174
5.3.3 Specimens’ Behaviour 175
5.4 Finite Element Simulation178
5.4.1 Finite Element Model Verification 178
5.4.2 Parametric Analysis 181
5.4.3 Infill Steel Plate Types 181
5.4.4 Vertical Load 184
5.5 Summary 187
References188
6 Summary and Future Work189
6.1 Main Conclusions 189
6.2 FutureWork191
