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Arrangements of shear walls in control of lateral displacement of concrete frames

Shamsai, A ; Sharif University of Technology | 2012

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  1. Type of Document: Article
  2. Publisher: 2012
  3. Abstract:
  4. One of the major shortcomings of conventional and rather high-rise structures is increasing lateral displacements arising from lateral forces which finally make the entire project un-economical. In this research, effort has been made to investigate the effect of shear walls arrangements on the lateral displacement of the structure. Two types of structures including 16 and 32-storeys frameswith different arrangements of shear panels were examined. The findings indicate that compared to other frames, the performance of frame no. 1 in both types of structures was poor in controlling the overall displacement of structure. Furthermore, more number of shear panels are not necessarily effective in reducing the overall displacement of structure but the type of arrangement had significant effect. Along the same lines, frames (2) and (3) in both types of structures have been introduced as the best arrangements due to the remarkable effect in reduction overall displacement of structure by 70 to 80%
  5. Keywords:
  6. Concrete frame ; Dual system ; Lateral displacement ; Shear arrangements ; Shear walls
  7. Source: World Applied Sciences Journal ; Volume 17, Issue 10 , 2012 , Pages 1324-1330 ; 18184952 (ISSN)
  8. URL: http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj17%2810%2912/14.pdf