Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Finite element (FE) analyses. Infill plates. Perforations. Fine mesh models. Shear strength. Frame deformations. Local buckling. Stress distribution. Strip ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Retrofitting. Seismic designs. Existing structures. Lateral force resisting systems. Moment strengths. Anchor beams. Multistory structures. Energy dissipation ...

base shear and overturning. A stud wall by itself, without bracing such as that provided by wood structural panels, has very little stiffness. When a load is applied, the nail joints between the studs ...

The American Institute of Steel Construction has released Design Guide 38, SpeedCore Systems for Steel Structures. The document pertains to the nonproprietary concrete-filled composite steel plate ...