Reduced beam sections (RBS). Finite element method (FEM). Connections. Abstract: Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) are investigated in this report, for use in retrofit and new design as a lateral force ...

Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Finite element (FE) analyses ... Recommendations and considerations are proposed to help design perforated and cutout corner SPSW.

The document pertains to the nonproprietary concrete-filled composite steel plate shear wall core system that “shaved a whopping 10 months off the ... and seismic considerations, along with extensive ...

steel plate shear walls, and performance-based seismic design,” Jon Magnusson, senior principal at MKA, explained. “Ron Klemencic has led the development of the system working with MKA ...

Structural engineers interested in a novel high-rise shear-wall ... steel-plate modules, touted as being faster, safer and less costly to build than a concrete core, now have a design tool.