Abstract: A model for use in simulating the response of reinforced concrete interior beam–column joints is developed and evaluated using an extensive experimental data set. This model builds on previous work by Lowes and Altoontash ...

Abstract: A model is developed to represent the response of reinforced-concrete beam-column joints under reversed-cyclic loading. The proposed model provides a simple representation of the primary inelastic mechanisms that determine ...

Abstract: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW) are an efficient but largely underutilized building lateral force resisting system. The system consists of a moment frame (the boundary frame) with slender steel web plates that are welded ...

Abstract: A multimechanism, shear-assessment procedure has been developed by combining and modifying a shear-strength model for truss-tension failures with a softened strut-and-tie model for strut-compression failures. The procedure ...

Abstract: The self-centering steel plate shear wall (SC-SPSW) is a new seismic load-resisting system that combines the strength and stiffness properties of the SPSW with the recentering capabilities of posttensioned (PT) beam-to-column ...

Abstract: Reinforced concrete walls are a common lateral load–resisting system for buildings. Common wall configurations are solid planar or solid flanged (H, I, T, L, or C-shaped cross sections) and coupled planar or flanged walls. ...

Abstract: A series of subassembly tests were conducted to investigate the behavior of the self-centering steel plate shear wall (SC-SPSW) system under cyclic loading. The SC-SPSW system utilizes thin steel web plates to provide ...

Abstract: This paper presents the first full-scale experimental investigation of the self-centering steel plate shear wall (SC-SPSW) system. The SC-SPSW system is a lateral force-resisting system developed to provide system recentering ...