Papers by Keyword: Shear Wall

Abstract: Tall buildings require slender shear walls as fundamental structural elements since the structure’s performance and safety depend on the walls' capacity to bear lateral loads while retaining their ductility. Concrete that has short fibers, like those made of steel or glass is known as fiber concrete. By increasing the ductility of concrete, these fibers can increase its resistance to brittle shear failure. This work aimed to investigate the effects of fiber concrete on thin shear wall ductility. The ductility of fiber concrete shear walls is significantly higher than that of typical concrete shear walls, according to tests conducted on thin shear walls made of both types of concrete. This occurred because of the fibers in the fiber concrete filling up the cracks and stopping them from getting worse. It has been stated that fiber concrete can be utilized as a building material in a variety of ways after being treated. Its application to cylinder shear walls has not been documented solely, though. Therefore, a thorough assessment of the literature regarding the potential of steel fiber concrete for the prevention of shear cracks. The optimal choice for fiber concrete in this application is characterized by a high fiber aspect ratio and a minimum fiber volume fraction of 1%, with steel fiber concrete being highly recommended. The study's findings imply that slender shear walls' ductility can be increased and their resistance to brittle shear failure increased by using steel fiber concrete.

Abstract: Sustainability calls for reduction in the use of natural resources and man-made materials. In light of this, the present study demonstrates the potentials of the reduction of transverse reinforcement in structural walls. A structural wall 1.7 m long was designed following the Greek Code for Reinforced Concrete (GCRC). This wall was then constructed and tested under cyclic loading. The theoretical value of the uncracked stiffness was four times greater than the value calculated after the experiment. The wall was also designed according to the Compressive Force Path method (CFP), which allowed for a significant reduction in the transverse reinforcement for the same target values.

Abstract: Shear wall system is used as one of the most lateral load resisting systems in mulit-story building. Shear wall is quite effective in resisting wind and seismic load in medium-rise and high-rise building. Shear wall provided high stiffness and strength, which can be used to resist large lateral as well as vertical load, making the performance of the building beneficial in various wind load conditions. This study has been focused on the displacement of the different lateral load resisting system for high-rise buildings under various wind load conditions. In this paper, a study was carried out by changing the locations of shear wall radically to determine the structural configuration of a multistory building accordantly. This study has been focused on the effect of addition of shear wall at different location and configuration in buildings without shear wall as well as with shear wall. Besides that, from the software results, the behavior of the shear wall with and without opening was able to observed by obtaining the lateral displacement when acted by 10kN point load at the top left of the wall. The accuracy of the software was able to verify by comparing the result obtained from ETABS and SAP2000 and it was found that the percentage difference between values obtained from that two software is below 20 percent. The maximum lateral displacement at 40m/s and 50m/s is 1.8 and 2.8 times bigger than maximum lateral displacement at 30m/s respectively. The lateral displacement of the shear wall increases as the opening size increases.

Abstract: Buildings placed in seismic areas are designed to simultaneously ensure strength, ductility and stiffness during earthquakes. In most cases the lateral resisting system is composed by shear walls. Lately for mid and high rise buildings the solution to use steel reinforced concrete shear walls, called hybrid walls, has been used. In most cases, the shear walls provided to limit the lateral displacement of the buildings, need to have openings due to architectural requirements. The existing theoretical and experimental studies presented in the literature refer to the behavior of solid/plain walls and a lack of information was identified for hybrid walls with openings. A theoretical and experimental program was developed at Politehnica University Timisoara, Romania with the aim to study the behavior of hybrid walls with centered and staggered openings. The current paper presents the results of nonlinear finite element analyses using ATENA package performed in order to assess the structural capabilities of the proposed experimental specimens with openings. Using the results obtained in one previous experimental program, consisting in tests on 1:3 scale steel-concrete composite elements, the paper presents a comparative study regarding the behavior of hybrid walls with openings versus solid walls. The study is focused on nonlinear behavior of elements with key parameters being evaluated, i.e. maximum load, deformation capacity and stiffens degradation.

Abstract: Steel sheet shear walls are panels in which sheets with burring holes aligned along the vertical direction are fastened to frame members and are applied to multi-story buildings in seismic regions. The wall that receives the in-plane shear force allows shear stress to concentrate in intervals between the burring holes. Finite element analyses and in-plane shear experiments revealed that all intervals between the holes were simultaneously deformed, and buckling areas were limited in the intervals by ring-shaped ribs of the burring holes. The effects of cross-rails are minimal in elastic region. Post-buckling behavior depends on tension fields on the intervals and restraints by cross-rails. The allowable design strength formulas and the indices of strength after buckling are developed.

Abstract: The dynamic behavior of the prefabricated and cast in situ concrete shear wall structures subjected to seismic loading is investigated by finite element method. This paper adopted a prefabricated concrete shear wall in a practical engineering. The Precise finite element models of prefabricated and cast in situ concrete shear wall were established respectively by ABAQUS. The damaged plasticity model of concrete and kinematic hardening model of reinforcing steel were used. The top displacement, top acceleration, story drift ratio and base shear forceof prefabricated and cast in situ concrete shear wall under different seismic excitation were compared and analyzed. The earthquake resistant behaviorsof the two kinds of structuresare analyzed and compared. Results show that the performances of PC structure were equal to the cast-in-situ ones.

Abstract: The shear wall horizontal displacement is one of the most important parameters involved in the seismic design of the timber framed structures. This paper presents the fundamentals of displacement-based seismic design, along with a description of the requirements for its application: checking of the maximum allowable displacement, checking of the buildings’ separation and determining the stiffness of the walls. The horizontal displacement of a shear wall is determined through the analytical calculation of the wall elements’ displacements. For timber framed structure, the International Building Code (IBC), recommends analytical models for the determination of the horizontal displacement. However, the European norm, Eurocode 5 does not provide any calculation model for the lateral displacement. A comparative study of the available analytical models and the corresponding results are presented in this paper.

Abstract: Reinforced concrete coupled walls are cantilevered shear walls joined by coupling beams and are used in high-rise apartment for many years. Rectangular openings are the most common shape of openings used in shear wall in order to provide doors, windows, entrance to car park areas and elevators or staircases. Behavior of coupling beams affect the strength of coupled walls. This research suggests adding haunches to the corners of rectangular openings and form octagonal openings as a method to increase the strength of coupling beams. The experimental results of shear wall with single band of rectangular and octagonal openings are compared in terms of behavior of coupling beams under cyclic load. The results demonstrate that the coupling beams in shear wall with octagonal openings are stronger than coupling beams in shear wall with rectangular openings.

Abstract: In shear wall construction formwork, the traditional way of construction quality of yin yang angle is not ideal, so we made improvement of the construction technology, angles of the concave and the convex using bamboo plywood, the formwork edge using wood, outside steel pipe outside by welding connection.

Abstract: Based on the finite element software ABAQUS, this paper deals with numerical simulation to dynamic response of reinforced concrete wall under blast loading. Study shows that the explosion resistance performance of the wall with four edges fixed or with two opposite edges fixed are better than that of the wall one edge fixed and another opposite edge simply supported. The greater the explosion impulse, the bigger the maximum displacement of the wall. When reinforcement ratio of the wall increases, the explosion resistance performance of the wall will be improved. At the same time, reasonable reinforcement and external conditions should be made sure. Keywords: Blast Loading, Numerical Simulation, Shear Wall, Dynamic Response