Static analysis of laterally arbitrarily loaded non-planar non-symmetrical coupled shear walls
8th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, CST 2006, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain, 12 - 15 September 2006, vol.83, (Full Text)
- Publication Type: Conference Paper / Full Text
- Volume: 83
- City: Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
- Country: Spain
- Keywords: Continuous connection method, Coupled shear wall, Non-planar, Static analysis, Thin-walled beam, Torsional deformation, Vlasov theory
- Akdeniz University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
This paper describes the static analysis of non-planar non-symmetrical coupled shear walls, employing the Continuous Connection Method in conjunction with Vlasov's theory of thin-walled beams. All previous authors concerning themselves with symmetrical systems, the present authors give particular attention to nonsymmetrical systems in both the formulation and the numerical applications. The method of analysis presented was compared with SAP2000 structural analysis program. The results obtained showed good agreement, verifying the accuracy of the proposed method, which can efficiently be used for the predesign computations of tall buildings. © 2006 Civil-Comp Press.