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Showing 1 to 20 of 80 for “"shear walls"”.
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Reinforced composite masonry shear walls
… masonry panels subjected to gravity and in-plane shear loads are discussed herein. Eleven walls were tested. Each of the walls was made from two wythes of brick-to-brick or brick-to-block, with a nominal 2-inch collar joint. In the first 10 walls, the collar joint was grouted and reinforced with …
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Parametric study of timber shear walls
Timber shear walls comprise the vertical element of the lateral force resisting system in many low-rise buildings in North America. A typical shear wall consists of a solid panel product connected to a light timber frame with either a dowel-type fastener, such as nails, or elastomeric adhesives. …
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Computed Behavior of Coupled Shear Walls
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Finite element analysis of pierced shear walls
Previous discrete analysis techniques applied to shear walls with openings have utilized finite elements with linear displacement fields. These elements require relatively fine meshes in order to correctly describe the reverse bending behavior of the connecting beams and to avoid an idealization …
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Timber shear walls for a sustainable build future
… Frame. Both systems reckon on the presence of shear walls to bear the effects of horizontal loads like seismic events or wind. This thesis deals with timber shear walls, and is divided into two parts: the first part is related to the ultimate and serviceability limit states rules to be included …
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Finite element analysis of reinforced concrete shear walls
… cyclic response of slender, reinforced concrete shear walls. Material models which represent the cyclic response of concrete and reinforcing steel in shear walls were developed in this investigation. These material models were verified both at the element and structural levels; the results of the …
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The Racking Performance of Light-Frame Shear Walls
The response of light-frame timber shear walls to lateral forces is the focus of the dissertation. The objective of this study was to obtain performance characteristics of shear walls with various aspect ratios and overturning restraint via experimental testing and analytical modeling. Presented …
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Reliability and effect of partially restrained wood shear walls
… AND EFFECT OF PARTIALLY RESTRAINED WOOD SHEAR WALLS</p> <p>by</p> <p>JOHN J. GRUBER</p> <p>MARCH 2012</p> <p>Advisor: Dr. Gongkang Fu</p> <p>Major: Civil Engineering</p> <p>Degree: Doctor or Philosophy</p> <p>The prescriptive design of the most widely used residential building code in the …
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Analytical Modeling of Wood-Frame Shear Walls and Diaphragms
<p>Analytical models of wood-frame shear walls and diaphragms for use in monotonic, quasi-static (cyclic), and dynamic analyses are developed in this thesis. A new analytical model is developed to accurately represent connections between sheathing panels and wood framing members …
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The response of shear walls subjected to dynamic loads
Thesis (Sc.D.) Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Civil Engineering, 1957.
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Experimental Study of Ring-Shaped Steel Plate Shear Walls
A new type of steel plate shear wall has been devised which resists out-of-plane buckling without requiring stiffeners. The ring-shaped steel plate shear wall (RS-SPSW) includes a web plate that is cut with a pattern of holes leaving ring-shaped portions of steel connected by diagonal links. The …
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Ultra-High Performance Concrete Shear Walls in Tall Buildings
… using ultra-high performance concrete (UHPC) for shear walls in tall buildings considering structural efficiency and environmental sustainability. The Lattice Discrete Particle Model (LDPM) was used to simulate the response to failure of concrete shear walls without web steel bar reinforcement …
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The finite element analysis of reinforced concrete coupled shear walls
… Element Analysis of Reinforced Concrete Coupled Shear Walls', and contains an investigation_ into the use of the finite element analysis technique in predicting the behaviour of these structures. The increasing accessibility of fast, powerful computers to the practising engineer, has given him …
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Monotonic and Cyclic Performance of Long Shear Walls With Openings
… door and window openings on long timber framed shear walls was the subject of this thesis. Four different wall configurations containing various openings and one control wall with no openings were tested to examine ultimate load capacity and stiffness. All walls were forty feet in length and …
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Monotonic and Cyclic Performance of Structurally Insulated Panel Shear Walls
… construction and numerous redundancies. Shear walls, along with floor and roof diaphragms, resist lateral loads in a timber structure. In the past, research has focused on the static racking performance of light-framed shear walls. More recently, research has been focused on the cyclic …
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Effects of Alkali-Silica Reaction on Response of Concrete Squat Shear Walls
… characteristics. Results from testing two squat shear walls made with normal concrete and four walls with concrete containing reactive aggregate causing alkali-silica reaction (ASR) are presented. In addition to the squat shear walls, several companion specimens were cast to evaluate the concrete …
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Numerical Analysis of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls Using the Nonlinear Truss Approach
Reinforced masonry (RM) shear walls are a common lateral load-resisting system for building structures. The seismic design guidelines for such systems are based on relatively limited experimental data. Given the restrictions imposed by the capabilities of available experimental equipment, …
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Computational Investigation of Tunable Steel Plate Shear Walls for Improved Seismic Resistance
Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) are popular lateral force resisting systems whose practical applications range from high seismic regions to medium and low seismic areas and wind load applications. The factors which make SPSW attractive include its energy dissipation capacity, excellent ductility, …
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Performance of Pressure Sensitive Adhesive Tapes In Wood Light-Frame Shear Walls
The performance of connections and full-scale shear walls constructed with acrylic foam pressure sensitive adhesive (PSA) tape is the focus of this thesis. The objectives of this study were first to investigate the bonding characteristics of adhesive tape to wood substrates and then to expand this …
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