{"id":{"repo_id":"uiuc","oai_identifier":"oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/44217"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/uiuc/oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/44217","repository":{"repo_id":"uiuc","name":"University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign","base_url":"https://www.ideals.illinois.edu/oai-pmh"},"display":{"title":"Study of the seismic behavior of steel plate shear walls with coupling through analysis and testing of a small-scale model","abstract":"As part of a multi-institutional study of seismic analysis, behavior, design and performance of the steel plate shear wall with coupling (SPSW-WC) system, an integrated analytical, numerical, and experimental study was conducted on a small-scale, three-story SPSW-WC specimen. The small-scale specimen’s design was based on the scaling down of one of the large-scale specimens that will be tested as part of the SPSW-WC program at the University of Illinois. The concepts of dimensional analysis and similitude were used to scale down the large-scale specimen. Analytical and numerical models were used to estimate the small-scale specimen’s ultimate strength and study its behavior under lateral loads. The experimental study consisted of a cyclic displacement loading test on the small-scale specimen. The system’s behavior was stable for much of the test, and the specimen was able to undergo large roof displacements. The analytical, numerical, and experimental results are presented and discussed.","abstract_html":"As part of a multi-institutional study of seismic analysis, behavior, design and performance of the steel plate shear wall with coupling (SPSW-WC) system, an integrated analytical, numerical, and experimental study was conducted on a small-scale, three-story SPSW-WC specimen. The small-scale specimen’s design was based on the scaling down of one of the large-scale specimens that will be tested as part of the SPSW-WC program at the University of Illinois. The concepts of dimensional analysis and similitude were used to scale down the large-scale specimen. Analytical and numerical models were used to estimate the small-scale specimen’s ultimate strength and study its behavior under lateral loads. The experimental study consisted of a cyclic displacement loading test on the small-scale specimen. The system’s behavior was stable for much of the test, and the specimen was able to undergo large roof displacements. The analytical, numerical, and experimental results are presented and discussed.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Quinonez, Alvaro"],"institution":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign","degree_name":"M.S.","degree_level":"Thesis","degree_discipline":"Civil Engineering","degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":["Fahnestock, Larry A."],"advisors":[],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":[],"year":2013,"date_issued":"2013-05-24T21:54:29Z","date_published":"2013-05-24T21:54:29Z","updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:33Z","subjects":["small-scale","steel plate shear wall with coupling"],"languages":["en"],"rights":["Copyright 2013 Alvaro Quinonez"],"rights_urls":[],"identifier_entries":[]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44217","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor","label":"Contributor","values":["Fahnestock, Larry A."]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Quinonez, Alvaro"]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date","label":"Dc Date","values":["2013-05-24T21:54:29Z","2013-05"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["text"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_discipline","label":"Discipline","values":["Civil Engineering"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_level","label":"Degree Level","values":["Thesis"]},{"key":"thesis:degree_name","label":"Degree Name","values":["M.S."]},{"key":"thesis:institution_name","label":"Thesis Institution Name","values":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["small-scale","steel plate shear wall with coupling"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language","label":"Dc Language","values":["en"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["Copyright 2013 Alvaro Quinonez"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier","label":"Identifier","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44217"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description","label":"Description","values":["As part of a multi-institutional study of seismic analysis, behavior, design and performance of the steel plate shear wall with coupling (SPSW-WC) system, an integrated analytical, numerical, and experimental study was conducted on a small-scale, three-story SPSW-WC specimen. The small-scale specimen’s design was based on the scaling down of one of the large-scale specimens that will be tested as part of the SPSW-WC program at the University of Illinois. The concepts of dimensional analysis and similitude were used to scale down the large-scale specimen. Analytical and numerical models were used to estimate the small-scale specimen’s ultimate strength and study its behavior under lateral loads. The experimental study consisted of a cyclic displacement loading test on the small-scale specimen. The system’s behavior was stable for much of the test, and the specimen was able to undergo large roof displacements. The analytical, numerical, and experimental results are presented and discussed.","Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2013-04-26T14:09:24Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Quinonez_Alvaro.pdf: 4554743 bytes, checksum: cec41d1bc00f6b70b4f03bb8da955f69 (MD5)","Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T21:54:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Alvaro_Quinonez.pdf: 5450009 bytes, checksum: 6baa5256e197fa24b9a4133b8d036b0b (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: 2786ddd64427da13a644afa08d5f54d5 (MD5)"]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Study of the seismic behavior of steel plate shear walls with coupling through analysis and testing of a small-scale model"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor":["Fahnestock, Larry A."],"dc:creator":["Quinonez, Alvaro"],"dc:date":["2013-05-24T21:54:29Z","2013-05"],"dc:description":["As part of a multi-institutional study of seismic analysis, behavior, design and performance of the steel plate shear wall with coupling (SPSW-WC) system, an integrated analytical, numerical, and experimental study was conducted on a small-scale, three-story SPSW-WC specimen. The small-scale specimen’s design was based on the scaling down of one of the large-scale specimens that will be tested as part of the SPSW-WC program at the University of Illinois. The concepts of dimensional analysis and similitude were used to scale down the large-scale specimen. Analytical and numerical models were used to estimate the small-scale specimen’s ultimate strength and study its behavior under lateral loads. The experimental study consisted of a cyclic displacement loading test on the small-scale specimen. The system’s behavior was stable for much of the test, and the specimen was able to undergo large roof displacements. The analytical, numerical, and experimental results are presented and discussed.","Item withdrawn by Mark Zulauf (zulauf@illinois.edu) on 2013-04-26T14:09:24Z Item was in collections: University of Illinois Theses & Dissertations (ID: 1) No. of bitstreams: 1 Quinonez_Alvaro.pdf: 4554743 bytes, checksum: cec41d1bc00f6b70b4f03bb8da955f69 (MD5)","Made available in DSpace on 2013-05-24T21:54:29Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 2 Alvaro_Quinonez.pdf: 5450009 bytes, checksum: 6baa5256e197fa24b9a4133b8d036b0b (MD5) license.txt: 4065 bytes, checksum: 2786ddd64427da13a644afa08d5f54d5 (MD5)"],"dc:identifier":["http://hdl.handle.net/2142/44217"],"dc:language":["en"],"dc:rights":["Copyright 2013 Alvaro Quinonez"],"dc:subject":["small-scale","steel plate shear wall with coupling"],"dc:title":["Study of the seismic behavior of steel plate shear walls with coupling through analysis and testing of a small-scale model"],"dc:type":["text"],"thesis:degree_discipline":["Civil Engineering"],"thesis:degree_level":["Thesis"],"thesis:degree_name":["M.S."],"thesis:institution_name":["University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-22T22:25:33Z"}