1 Introduction . 1
1.1 Background and Motivation 1
1.2 Recent Research . 2
1.2.1 Analytical Studies 2
1.2.2 Experimental Studies . 5
1.2.3 Standards and Codes . 7
1.3 Objectives and Organization of This Book . 9
References . 10
2 Steel Plate Shear Walls with Considering the Gravity Load
by the Effective­Width Model . 15
2.1 Introduction . 15
2.2 The Gravity Load Effect on the Shear Strength of the Steel
Plate Shear Walls . 17
2.2.1 Numerical Model 17
2.2.2 Verifications Under Monotonic Tests 19
2.2.3 Verifications Under Cyclic Tests . 20
2.2.4 Pushover Analysis Results . 24
2.2.5 Cyclic Results . 31
2.2.6 Shear Strength Obtained from Existing Model 38
2.3 Vertical Stress Distribution Under Compression . 40
2.3.1 The Effective­Width Model 40
2.3.2 Evaluation of the Effective­Width Model 43
2.3.3 Discusses on the Effective­Width Model . 46
2.4 Stresses Under Compression and Shear 47
2.4.1 Stresses Analysis 47
2.4.2 Discusses on Stresses . 50
2.4.3 Shear Capacity of the Infill Steel Plate 51
2.4.4 Load­Carrying Capacity of the Steel Plate Shear Wall . 53
2.5 Inclination Angle of the Steel Wall with Considering
the Gravity Load . 53
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2.5.1 Assumption . 53
2.5.2 Inclination Angles of the Infill Steel Plate . 55
2.5.3 Discuss of the Inclination Angle 57
2.5.4 Load­Carrying Capacity Considering the Inclination
Angle 58
2.6 Shear­Displacement Relationship . 59
2.6.1 Shear­Displacement Relationship Under Compression
and Shear . 59
2.6.2 Shear­Displacement Relationship Under
Compression, Shear and Bending . 63
2.6.3 Experimental Verification . 67
2.7 Summary 82
References . 83
3 Steel Plate Shear Walls with Considering the Gravity Load
by a Three­Segment Distribution 85
3.1 Introduction . 85
3.2 The Three­Segment Distribution Under Uniform Compression 87
3.2.1 The Cosine Distribution Under Uniform Compression . 87
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 Bending . 106
3.3.1 The Cosine Stress Distribution . 106
3.3.2 The Proposed Three Segment Stress Distribution . 109
3.3.3 Finite Element (FE) Analysis 113
3.4 Shear Strength Considering the Gravity Load . 120
3.4.1 Stresses Under Compression and Shear 120
3.4.2 Shear Strength . 122
3.4.3 Discussion of the Approach . 124
3.4.4 Parametric Analysis 125
3.4.5 Shear Strength . 126
3.4.6 Aspect Ratio and Slenderness Ratio . 129
3.5 Shear Strength Considering the Gravity Load and In­plane
Bending . 130
3.5.1 Parametric Analysis 131
3.5.2 Shear Capacity 138
3.5.3 Stress Gradient 138
3.6 Summary 141
References . 142
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4 Cross Stiffened Steel Plate ShearWalls Considering theGravity
Load 145
4.1 Introduction . 145
4.2 Shear Strength Model . 147
4.2.1 Stress Under Gravity Load 147
4.2.2 Stress Under Compression and Shear . 149
4.2.3 Shear Capacity 151
4.2.4 Discussions of the Proposed Model . 152
4.3 Numerical Analysis . 155
4.3.1 Finite Element Model . 155
4.3.2 Parametric Analysis 157
4.3.3 Evaluation of the Vertical Stress Distribution . 157
4.3.4 Evaluation of the Shear Strength . 158
4.4 Summary 161
References . 162
5 Corrugated Steel Plate Shear Wall Considering the Gravity
Load 165
5.1 Introduction . 165
5.2 Experiment Design . 168
5.3 Test Results . 170
5.3.1 Hysteretic Curve . 170
5.3.2 Envelope Curves . 174
5.3.3 Specimens�� Behaviour 175
5.4 Finite Element Simulation . 178
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
References . 188
6 Summary and Future Work . 189
6.1 Main Conclusions 189
6.2 FutureWork . 191