A steel plate shear wall system, consisting of a thin steel plate connected to the boundary frame members, is proposed as lateral load resisting system for use in the multi-storey building. To reduce the potential damage on the boundary elements caused by the tension field action in the steel plate after buckling, the steel plate is partially connected at the corner edges to the boundary frame members by bolts. Two scaled specimens were tested under cyclic loads to investigate the hysteretic behaviour of the partially connected steel plate shear wall (SPSW). Test results showed that the proposed SPSW exhibited good structural performance in terms of initial stiffness, shear resistance, ductility and energy absorption capability. An analytical method was developed to predict the shear resistance of the partially connected SPSW. The shear resistances obtained from the tests were compared with those predicted by the analytical method and a reasonable agreement was observed. In addition, a nonlinear finite element (FE) model was proposed to analyze the behaviour of the partially connected SPSW system. The accuracy of the FE models was verified by comparing the computed results with the cyclic load test results. Parametric analyses were then carried out to study the effects of plate slenderness ratio, plate 1
Structural design of a practical spherical suspendome with the diameter of 122m was carried out in China Construction (Shenzhen) Design International (CCDI) in 2006. The suspendome structure is a new type of large-span spatial structure which is widely used in the sports buildings. Several suspendome structures have been constructed as the structural roof in the sports arena in China in recent years. As is known to all, prestresses in the cable-strut system are crucial to the tensegric system, and the determination of prestress level and distribution is somewhat complicated. However, no provisions has been provided by current chinese design codes of practice for the suspendome structure. This paper gives out the detailed prestress design procedure for the practical sports arena which is to be built in Jinan City, China. General purpose finite element package ANSYS is utilized for the analyses. The self-internal-force mode and the prestress level ratio among three ring cables are investigated to determine the prestress in the cable. Linear static analyses are then carried out to validate the prestress efficiency. It has been shown that prestress defined by this way has much influence on the deformation and the internal force of the upper reticulated shell structure. The linear elastic buckling and the geometrically nonlinear stability analysis are also presented. The snap-through phenomenon of the structure is investigated to determine the critical load carrying capacity of stability. The infulence of live load distribution patterns and imperfections on suspendome is addressed in details. The results from the studies can not only be refered for direct design use, and also for the design of similar hybrid structures.
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