The State of the Practice of Steel Plate Shear Walls in Korea

​SEEBUS 2016, Tainan, Taiwan, December, 2016

Authors: Kim, Kyungtae ･ Kim, Dongyeon ･ Lee, Kyunggoo ･ Kim Taejin

Abstract:

Since 1970s, research on Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW) have been done widely in North America and Japan and has proven that it has superior performance against Earthquakes because of its high ductility and energy dissipation rate. Furthermore, because of its thin plate, SPSW can maximize the interior space of the buildings. Advantages of SPSW over traditional lateral resisting system have been exposed to many engineers, however, number of its application is quite negligible in Korea. This paper is geared towards design engineers who might be considering using SPSW. Structural design example in Korea using SPSW is compared and further discussion regarding modeling procedures and analytical studies are presented in this paper. SPSW was modelled using orthotropic membrane model in ETABS 2016

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