Steel Plate Shear Walls with Gravity Load: Theory and Design

Preface
Contents
1 Introduction
	1.1 Background and Motivation
	1.2 Recent Research
		1.2.1 Analytical Studies
		1.2.2 Experimental Studies
		1.2.3 Standards and Codes
	1.3 Objectives and Organization of This Book
	References
2 Steel Plate Shear Walls with Considering the Gravity Load by the Effective-Width Model
	2.1 Introduction
	2.2 The Gravity Load Effect on the Shear Strength of the Steel Plate Shear Walls
		2.2.1 Numerical Model
		2.2.2 Verifications Under Monotonic Tests
		2.2.3 Verifications Under Cyclic Tests
		2.2.4 Pushover Analysis Results
		2.2.5 Cyclic Results
		2.2.6 Shear Strength Obtained from Existing Model
	2.3 Vertical Stress Distribution Under Compression
		2.3.1 The Effective-Width Model
		2.3.2 Evaluation of the Effective-Width Model
		2.3.3 Discusses on the Effective-Width Model
	2.4 Stresses Under Compression and Shear
		2.4.1 Stresses Analysis
		2.4.2 Discusses on Stresses
		2.4.3 Shear Capacity of the Infill Steel Plate
		2.4.4 Load-Carrying Capacity of the Steel Plate Shear Wall
	2.5 Inclination Angle of the Steel Wall with Considering the Gravity Load
		2.5.1 Assumption
		2.5.2 Inclination Angles of the Infill Steel Plate
		2.5.3 Discuss of the Inclination Angle
		2.5.4 Load-Carrying Capacity Considering the Inclination Angle
	2.6 Shear-Displacement Relationship
		2.6.1 Shear-Displacement Relationship Under Compression and Shear
		2.6.2 Shear-Displacement Relationship Under Compression, Shear and Bending
		2.6.3 Experimental Verification
	2.7 Summary
	References
3 Steel Plate Shear Walls with Considering the Gravity Load by a Three-Segment Distribution
	3.1 Introduction
	3.2 The Three-Segment Distribution Under Uniform Compression
		3.2.1 The Cosine Distribution Under Uniform Compression
		3.2.2 The Proposed Stress Distribution Under Uniform Compression
		3.2.3 Numerical Analysis
	3.3 The Three-Segment Distribution Under Compression and In-plane Bending
		3.3.1 The Cosine Stress Distribution
		3.3.2 The Proposed Three Segment Stress Distribution
		3.3.3 Finite Element (FE) Analysis
	3.4 Shear Strength Considering the Gravity Load
		3.4.1 Stresses Under Compression and Shear
		3.4.2 Shear Strength
		3.4.3 Discussion of the Approach
		3.4.4 Parametric Analysis
		3.4.5 Shear Strength
		3.4.6 Aspect Ratio and Slenderness Ratio
	3.5 Shear Strength Considering the Gravity Load and In-plane Bending
		3.5.1 Parametric Analysis
		3.5.2 Shear Capacity
		3.5.3 Stress Gradient
	3.6 Summary
	References
4 Cross Stiffened Steel Plate Shear Walls Considering the Gravity Load
	4.1 Introduction
	4.2 Shear Strength Model
		4.2.1 Stress Under Gravity Load
		4.2.2 Stress Under Compression and Shear
		4.2.3 Shear Capacity
		4.2.4 Discussions of the Proposed Model
	4.3 Numerical Analysis
		4.3.1 Finite Element Model
		4.3.2 Parametric Analysis
		4.3.3 Evaluation of the Vertical Stress Distribution
		4.3.4 Evaluation of the Shear Strength
	4.4 Summary
	References
5 Corrugated Steel Plate Shear Wall Considering the Gravity Load
	5.1 Introduction
	5.2 Experiment Design
	5.3 Test Results
		5.3.1 Hysteretic Curve
		5.3.2 Envelope Curves
		5.3.3 Specimens’ Behaviour
	5.4 Finite Element Simulation
		5.4.1 Finite Element Model Verification
		5.4.2 Parametric Analysis
		5.4.3 Infill Steel Plate Types
		5.4.4 Vertical Load
	5.5 Summary
	References
6 Summary and Future Work
	6.1 Main Conclusions
	6.2 Future Work