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 ...

and analytical studies on the in-plane cyclic behavior of rectangular steel-plate concrete (SC) composite shear walls. The SC walls considered in this study were composed of steel faceplates, infill ...

There is a growing interest in using coupled composite plate shear walls/ concrete-filled (CPSW/CF) for high-rise building construction, particularly to optimize the design for wind and/or seismic ...

Nabih Youssef, a leading California-based structural engineer and seismic design expert who was a pioneering advocate for the use of steel plate shear walls in ... of base isolation in the ...

The document pertains to the nonproprietary concrete-filled composite steel plate shear wall core system that “shaved a whopping 10 months off the erection schedule of Seattle’s 58-story Rainier ...

The American Institute of Steel Construction recently launched a new website and portal, www.aisc.org/LA-Live, that features the latest information on the L.A. Live ...