Abstract: Coupled walls are a common lateral load resisting system for buildings located in seismic regions. Coupling beams create a ductile link between walls that increase the structure’s resistance to lateral forces and its ability ...

Abstract: Using test results presented in previous studies, design and modeling recommendations for steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) coupling beams are provided for both code-based (prescriptive) design approaches and performance-based ...

Abstract: Structural steel-reinforced concrete (SRC) coupling beams are an alternative to conventional and diagonal rebar-reinforced concrete coupling beams. To address gaps in previous testing that was used to develop design ...

Abstract: Nonlinear time history analyses were conducted for 5-story and 12-story prototype buildings that used post-tensioned cross-laminated timber rocking walls coupled with U-shaped flexural plates (UFPs) as the lateral force ...