EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION AND SIMULATION ANALYSIS OF NEW STEEL SHEAR WALLS WITH SLITS

摘要

The experimental investigation and simulation computation for steel shear walls with slits under the low cyclic horizontal loading are presented. The experimental data show that the stability is the most important influence factor concerned with the load-bearing capacity of the steel shear walls without stiffening ribs. The simulation computation for the test shows that the thin steel shear walls with slits and stiffening ribs can increase the ductility of the structure and consume large amount of the earthquake energy through the plastic deformation produced.