Experimental and Numerical Study of Stiffened Steel Plate Shear Walls with Rectangular Openings
Publication: Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 149, Issue 12
Abstract
Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) often need to accommodate rectangular openings in their infill plates. When subjected to lateral loadings, such as wind and earthquake, unstiffened SPSWs with rectangular openings may experience large deformations around the openings. This paper presents a stiffener layout to limit the deformations around the rectangular openings in the SPSW system. The effectiveness of the proposed stiffener layout is investigated by conducting experimental tests on two one-third-scale single-story SPSWs with rectangular openings at the center of the infill plates. The two specimens have the same aspect ratio but have different rectangular opening sizes. To prevent deformations around the rectangular openings, the infill plates of the two test specimens are stiffened with the proposed stiffener layout. Quasi-static cyclic loading tests are performed on the specimens, and the deformations around the openings are measured at different loading stages. Tests showed that the proposed stiffener layout can successfully restrain the deformations around the rectangular openings. The specimens also showed stable hysteresis curves and good energy-dissipation capacity. To further examine the inelastic performance of the proposed stiffener layout, finite-element analysis of stiffened SPSWs is conducted. Seismic analyses are also performed for 4-story stiffened and unstiffened SPSWs with rectangular openings to investigate the seismic response of SPSWs with the proposed stiffener layout around the openings. Seismic analyses showed that the proposed stiffener layout around the rectangular openings can prevent the out-of-plane and in-plane deformations around the openings in the SPSW system.
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All data, models, or codes that support the findings of this study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.
Acknowledgments
Funding for this research was provided by the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada and the Gina Cody School of Engineering and Computer Science, Concordia University, Montreal, Canada.
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Journal of Structural Engineering
Volume 149 • Issue 12 • December 2023
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Received: Jan 26, 2023
Accepted: Aug 7, 2023
Published online: Oct 6, 2023
Published in print: Dec 1, 2023
Discussion open until: Mar 6, 2024
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