Blast Resistance of Steel Plate Shear Walls Designed for Seismic Loading
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 135, Issue 10
Abstract
Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) have become an increasingly popular lateral force resisting system in buildings. Although originally conceived to resist earthquake forces, recent developments raised questions as to the ability of SPSWs to resist blast loading, whereby the plate would resist out-of-plane impulsive pressures. To investigate this, two 0.4-scale single story SPSW specimens, representing the first story of a four story prototype SPSW, were fabricated and subjected to explosive charges. The out-of-plane resistance of the infill plate was analyzed using nonlinear finite-element analysis (FEA) and yield line theory. Results of these analyses showed the out-of-plane resistance is governed by the large deformations and inelastic material behavior and that yield line theory significantly underestimated the out-of-plane resistance in comparison with the finite-element analysis for infill plates typical of SPSW construction. Based on these results a simplified plastic analysis procedure is proposed to estimate the out-of-plane resistance of SPSW infill plates that is shown to agree well with the results of the FEA. Results of the experimental investigation showed the SPSW had a limited capacity to resist out-of-plane blast loading and that the typical seismic detail for connecting the infill plate to the boundary frame might not be appropriate for blast applications.
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Acknowledgments
This work was supported in part by the Earthquake Engineering Research Centers Program of the National Science Foundation under Grant No. NSFECC-9701471 to the Multidisciplinary Center for Earthquake Engineering Research. However, any opinions, findings, conclusions, and recommendations presented in this paper are those of the writers and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsors. Special thanks are given to James C. Ray at the Eng. Research Dev. Center of the USACE for his help and assistance in the logistics of the experiments.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 135 • Issue 10 • October 2009
Pages: 1222 - 1230
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Received: Aug 15, 2008
Accepted: Mar 30, 2009
Published online: May 2, 2009
Published in print: Oct 2009
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