TY - GEN
T1 - Numerical and experimental investigation of the in-plane behavior of rectangular steel-plate composite walls
AU - Epackachi, Siamak
AU - Nguyen, Nam H.
AU - Kurt, Efe G.
AU - Whittaker, Andrew S.
AU - Varma, Amit H.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2014 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Steel-plate composite (SC) walls are composed of steel faceplates, infill concrete, shear studs bonding the faceplate to the infill, and tie rods linking the faceplates. In new build nuclear power plants, elastic response is sought of SC walls in design basis earthquake shaking and numerical and experimental studies on SC walls have focused primarily on response to design basis loadings. The inelastic response of SC walls for beyond design basis earthquake shaking has yet to be explored and characterized. The experimental and numerical responses of four SC walls subjected to cyclic in-plane loading are summarized in this paper. The walls have an aspect ratio of 1.0 and are flexure-critical. A number of design parameters are investigated, including infill concrete thickness, reinforcement ratio, stud spacing, and tie bar spacing. Numerical models of these walls are constructed using the general-purpose finite element code LS-DYNA. The numerical analyses, and key experimental results are presented.
AB - Steel-plate composite (SC) walls are composed of steel faceplates, infill concrete, shear studs bonding the faceplate to the infill, and tie rods linking the faceplates. In new build nuclear power plants, elastic response is sought of SC walls in design basis earthquake shaking and numerical and experimental studies on SC walls have focused primarily on response to design basis loadings. The inelastic response of SC walls for beyond design basis earthquake shaking has yet to be explored and characterized. The experimental and numerical responses of four SC walls subjected to cyclic in-plane loading are summarized in this paper. The walls have an aspect ratio of 1.0 and are flexure-critical. A number of design parameters are investigated, including infill concrete thickness, reinforcement ratio, stud spacing, and tie bar spacing. Numerical models of these walls are constructed using the general-purpose finite element code LS-DYNA. The numerical analyses, and key experimental results are presented.
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/84911391405
U2 - 10.1061/9780784413357.217
DO - 10.1061/9780784413357.217
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84911391405
T3 - Structures Congress 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 Structures Congress
SP - 2478
EP - 2487
BT - Structures Congress 2014 - Proceedings of the 2014 Structures Congress
A2 - Bell, Glenn R.
A2 - Card, Matt A.
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Structures Congress 2014
Y2 - 3 April 2014 through 5 April 2014
ER -