Evaluation and comparison of behavior of corrugated steel plate shear walls

Abstract

In this paper, the nonlinear behaviour of steel plate shear walls with corrugated plates under lateral pushover loading conditions in the models’ top level has been analytically investigated by the finite element method. The one-storey frames have beams and columns as boundary elements. Steel plate shear walls are simulated using the finite element method, based on the available experimental models in the literature. After calibration of the analytical models, more parameters of steel shear walls with corrugated plates, such as the thickness of the corrugated plate, the stiffness of the boundary elements, the corrugation depth in the corrugated plates and the corrugation length of the infill of the corrugated plates, are investigated. The results of this study have demonstrated that in the wall with constant dimensions, the trapezoidal plates have higher energy dissipation, ductility and ultimate bearing than sinusoidal waves, while decreasing the steel material consumption.