Out-of-plane seismic design by testing of non-structural lightweight steel drywall partition walls

Cross‐level fragility analysis of modularized suspended buildings based on experimentally validated numerical models

“…[38,39] The other limit state function is the maximum of the peak accelerations of the modules, which leads to the sliding of the furniture and devices, [40] the falling of the ceiling system, [41,42] and even out-of-plane damage of the partition walls. [43] Third, in the suspending system, though the transfer story is usually overdesigned, each individual suspending rod is not. Moreover, the axial force in suspending rods may also affect the connection parts along them.…”

Earthquake Response of Cold-Formed Steel-Based Building Systems: An Overview of the Current State of the Art

“…Since shake-table testing could be limited by their cost, the seismic response of non-structural systems can also investigate with relatively less complex experimental activity, carried out on single non-structural component. In this context, the most common approach is to investigate the lateral response of partition walls through in-plane tests [40,[64][65][66][67][68], but the out-of-plane response can also be explored [69]. In these studies, different solutions of non-structural components have been tested to evaluate the effect of construction details and boundary conditions.…”

Seismic response assessment of architectural non-structural LWS drywall components through experimental tests

“…Indeed, over the last few years, along with several studies on architectural non-structural LWS drywall components, which were mainly focused on fire behaviour [4][5], effect on the structural response [6][7][8][9][10][11], joining technologies [12][13], diaphragm action [14][15] and behaviour under axial and lateral loads [16][17], a large number of research studies were also undertaken on investigating the seismic behaviour. Generally, these researches included the study of the local and global behaviour: seismic behaviour of board-to-frame fixings adopted for realizing partitions and façades [18][19][20][21]; seismic behaviour under monotonic, quasi-static cyclic and dynamic loadings in the in-plane [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and outof-plane [35][36] directions of partitions and façades; study of the interaction between partitions and façades and/or ceilings and surrounding elements by means of shake table tests on full-scale one or multi-storeys buildings completed with architectural non-structural components [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44]…”

“…Generally, these researches included the study of the local and global behaviour: seismic behaviour of board-to-frame fixings adopted for realizing partitions and façades [18][19][20][21]; seismic behaviour under monotonic, quasi-static cyclic and dynamic loadings in the in-plane [22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][34] and outof-plane [35][36] directions of partitions and façades; study of the interaction between partitions and façades and/or ceilings and surrounding elements by means of shake table tests on full-scale one or multi-storeys buildings completed with architectural non-structural components [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45]. In particular, the main aims of the cited research studies were to provide information about the seismic behaviour of architectural non-structural components by investigating the following aspects: (i) damageability and seismic fragilities ( [25], [30][31], [34], [37][38][39][40][41], [44][45]); (ii) mechanical response under monotonic [36], cyclic ( [23], …”