Cold-Formed Steel Shear Wall Using Corrugated Steel Sheathing with Slits
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 144, Issue 8
Abstract
Recent research shows that shear walls with corrugated steel sheathing demonstrate high strength and high initial stiffness but low ductility. This paper presents an experimental study and numerical simulation aimed at improving the ductility of cold-formed steel shear walls sheathed with corrugated steel sheathing. A method of introducing slit openings in the field of sheathing is used to improve the shear wall’s ductility and control the failure mode and location. Ten full-scale shear wall specimens are tested, including six different slit configurations. The results show that with proper a slit pattern in the sheathing, the corrugated steel sheathed shear wall can yield significantly improved ductility while maintaining a high level of shear strength. Additionally, nonlinear dynamic analyses are carried out to verify the improvement of the building’s seismic performance when the innovative shear wall is installed. The dynamic analyses show that the new shear wall system can greatly reduce the seismic effects and decrease the collapse probability of cold-formed steel buildings.
Get full access to this article
View all available purchase options and get full access to this article.
Acknowledgments
This paper was prepared as part of the US National Science Foundation CAREER award, NSF-CMMI-0955189: Comprehensive Research on Cold-Formed Steel Sheathed Shear Walls, Special Detailing, Design, and Innovation. Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
References
AISI (American Iron and Steel institute). 2015. North American standard for cold-formed steel structural framing. AISI S240. Washington, DC: American Iron and Steel Institute.
ASCE. 2007. Seismic rehabilitation of existing buildings. ASCE 41. Washington, DC: ASCE.
ASTM. 2006. Standard test methods and definitions for mechanical testing of steel products. ASTM A370. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM.
ASTM. 2007. Standard specification for structural bolts, steel, heat treated, 120/105 ksi minimum tensile strength. ASTM A325. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM.
ASTM. 2008. Standard specification for structural bolts, steel, heat treated, 150 ksi minimum tensile strength. ASTM A490. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM.
ASTM. 2012. Standard practice for static load test for shear resistance of framed walls for buildings. ASTM E564. West Conshohocken, PA: ASTM.
ECCS (European Convention for Constructional Steelwork). 1985. Recommended testing procedure for assessing the behavior of structural steel elements under cyclic loads. Brussels, Belgium: ECCS.
FEMA. 2009. Quantification of building seismic performance factors. FEMA P695. Washington, DC: FEMA.
Fülöp, L. A., and B. Dubina. 2004. “Performance of wall-stud cold-formed shear panels under monotonic and cyclic loading: Part I: Experimental research.” Thin Walled Struct. 42 (2): 321–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0263-8231(03)00063-6.
IBC (International Building Code). 2015. International building code, 2015 edition. Washington, DC: International Code Council.
ICC Evaluation Service. 2004. Acceptance criteria for prefabricated wood shear panels. AC130. Whittier, CA: ICC Evaluation Service.
Kawai, Y., R. Kanno, and K. Hanya. 1997. “Cyclic shear resistance of light-gauge steel framed walls.” In ASCE Structures Congress, 433–437. Reston, VA: ASCE.
Madsen, R. L., N. Nakata, and B. W. Schafer. 2011. “CFS-NEES building structural design narrative.” Accessed September 1, 2012. https://www.ce.jhu.edu/cfsnees/publications/RR01_CFS-NEES%20RR01%20Building%20Structural%20Design%20Narrative.pdf.
McKenna, F., G. L. Fenves, M. H. Scott, and B. Jeremić. 2015. “Open system for earthquake engineering simulation (OpenSees).” Accessed March 1, 2016. http://opensees.berkeley.edu.
Park, R. 1989. “Evaluation of ductility of structures and structural assemblages from laboratory testing.” Bull. N. Z. Nat. Soc. Earthquake Eng. 22 (3): 155–166.
Serrette, R. L. 1997. Additional shear wall values for light weight steel framing. Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara Univ.
Serrette, R. L. 2002. Performance of cold-formed steel–Framed shear walls: Alternative configurations. Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara Univ.
Serrette, R. L., H. Nguyen, and G. Hall. 1996. Shear wall values for light weight steel framing. Santa Clara, CA: Santa Clara Univ.
Simpson Strong-Tie. 2017. “Holdowns and tension ties for cold-formed steel construction.” Accessed January 15, 2017. http://www.strongtie.com/products/cfs/s_hdu.asp.
Stojadinovic, B., and S. Tipping. 2007. Structural testing of corrugated sheet steel shear walls. Ontario, CA: Charles Pankow Foundation.
Vulcraft. 2017. “Steel roof and floor deck.” Accessed January 15, 2017. http://www.vulcraft.com/catalogs/steel-roof-and-floor-deck-temporarily-out-of-print.
Yu, C. 2010. “Shear resistance of cold-formed steel framed shear walls with 0.686-mm, 0.762-mm, and 0.838-mm steel sheet sheathing.” Eng. Struct. 32 (6): 1522–1529.
Yu, C., Z. Huang, and H. Vora. 2009. “Cold-formed steel framed shear wall assemblies with corrugated sheet steel sheathing.” In Proc., Annual Stability Conf. Phoenix, AZ: Structural Stability Research Council.
Yu, C., and G. Yu. 2016. “Experimental investigation of cold-formed steel framed shear wall using corrugated steel sheathing with circular holes.” J. Struct. Eng. 142 (12): 04016126. https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)ST.1943-541X.0001609.
Information & Authors
Information
Published In
Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 144 • Issue 8 • August 2018
Copyright
©2018 American Society of Civil Engineers.
History
Received: Jun 17, 2017
Accepted: Jan 31, 2018
Published online: May 31, 2018
Published in print: Aug 1, 2018
Discussion open until: Oct 31, 2018
Authors
Metrics & Citations
Metrics
Citations
Download citation
If you have the appropriate software installed, you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice. Simply select your manager software from the list below and click Download.