Stress state of steel plate shear walls under compression–shear combination load

摘要

This paper investigates the stress state of the infill steel plate for the unstiffened steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) under compression-shear combination load. First, the infill steel plate is divided into three zones, the stress state of each zone under compression is derived, and the accuracy of the analytical model is verified by a series of numerical examples. Second, considering the combination effects of the gravity load and shear force from the adjacent boundary columns, the stress state of each zone is proposed and discussed. Then the shear capacity of the infill steel plate for the unstiffened SPSWs with gravity load acting on the top of the boundary columns is proposed. Finally, the shear capacity of 21 numerical SPSW specimens with various axial stresses of the boundary columns and different steel infill plate thicknesses is predicted.