Seismic Performance Evaluation of Cold-Formed Steel Shear Walls Using Corrugated Steel Sheathing
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 143, Issue 11
Abstract
Cold-formed steel shear wall with corrugated sheet steel sheathing is a newly proposed lateral force resisting system from recent research work. The advantages of noncombustibility, high shear strength and high shear stiffness enable this new wall system to be a feasible solution for low- and midrise construction at high wind and seismic zones. The design provisions for this new type of shear wall have not been developed in current design specifications. The initial phase of this research project involved the displacement-based testing of bearing wall and shear wall specimens under combined lateral and gravity loading. The phase two research, presented here, includes the nonlinear finite element analysis and the performance evaluation of a set of light framed steel buildings using the corrugated sheet sheathed shear walls. Incremental dynamic analyses were performed on six archetype buildings and seismic performance assessment was evaluated. The results verify a set of seismic performance factors ( and ) for the corrugated sheet sheathed shear wall systems.
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Acknowledgments
This paper was prepared as part of the U.S. National Science Foundation grant, NSF-CMMI-0955189: Comprehensive Research on Cold-Formed Steel Sheathed Shear Walls, Special Detailing, Design, and Innovation. The research was also partially supported by the Chinese National Science Foundation Grant No. 51538002. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 143 • Issue 11 • November 2017
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Received: Dec 12, 2016
Accepted: May 12, 2017
Published online: Aug 29, 2017
Published in print: Nov 1, 2017
Discussion open until: Jan 29, 2018
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