An investigation of seismic parameters of low yield strength steel plate shear walls

Negin Soltani, Karim Abedi, Mehdi Poursha and Hassan Golabi

Abstract

Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) are effective lateral systems which have high initial stiffness, appropriate ductility and energy dissipation capability. Recently, steel plate shear walls with low yield point strength (LYP), were introduced and they attracted the attention of designers. Structures with this new system, besides using less steel, are more stable. In the present study, the effects of plates with low yield strength on the seismic design parameters of steel frames with steel plate shear walls are investigated. For this purpose, a variety of this kind of structures with different heights including the 2, 5, 10, 14 and 18-story buildings are designed based on the AISC seismic provisions. The structures are modeled using ANSYS finite element software and subjected to monotonic lateral loading. Parameters such as ductility (µ), ductility reduction (Rµ), over-strength (

Key Words

steel plate shear wall; low yield strength; ductility factor; over-strength factor; response modification factor; displacement amplification factor

Address

Negin Soltani, Karim Abedi, Mehdi Poursha: Faculty of Civil Engineering, Sahand University of Technology, Tabriz, Iran Hassan Golabi: Department of Structural Engineering, Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran

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