Optimum Level of Shear Wall Curtailment in Wall-Frame Buildings: The Continuum Model Revisited
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 140, Issue 1
Abstract
The continuum model constitutes a simple and efficient tool to analyze high-rise wall-frame buildings. It has been commonly used in recent decades to analyze the behavior of these structures. The related equations are revisited to study the effect of the calculation precision on the determination of the optimum level of wall curtailment. The results obtained illustrate the influence of calculation precision in specifying the optimum level of wall curtailment. The relationship between the curtailment level and the resulting internal forces is investigated. The level of curtailment which results in the minimum top deflection of the structure eliminates, at the same time, the negative moments and negative shear forces in the wall.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 140 • Issue 1 • January 2014
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Received: Jul 21, 2012
Accepted: Jun 24, 2013
Published online: Jun 26, 2013
Published in print: Jan 1, 2014
Discussion open until: Feb 19, 2014
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