Publication Date:
1994-12-01
Description:
In multi‐storey structures reinforced concrete structural walls may provide significant resistance against earthquake action. For a check of the global dynamic performance of such walls, there is a need for efficient numerical models. This paper presents a newly developed model used for the simulation of the dynamic behaviour of earthquake‐resistant multistorey walls. The model, which is based on an earlier proposal by Kabeyasawa et al. consists of non‐linear springs connected by rigid beams. The model properties are derived based on elastic theory for cantilever walls as well as nonlinear physical behaviour of wall cross‐sections supplemented by empirical data. The model behaviour is checked against experimental results and then the model is applied in an example comprising a non‐linear time history analysis of an eight‐storey wall structure. Based on the findings from the numerical model, improved capacity design rules for walls are proposed. Copyright © 1994 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd
Print ISSN:
0098-8847
Electronic ISSN:
1096-9845
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
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