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Structural Engineering and Mechanics Volume 41, Number 2, January25 2012 , pages 299-312 DOI: https://doi.org/10.12989/sem.2012.41.2.299 |
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Effect of the height of SCSW on the optimal position of the stiffening beam considering axial force effect |
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B. Farahmand Azar, A. Hadidi and H. Khosravi
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| Abstract | ||
| Stiffened coupled shear walls (SCSW) are under axial load resulting from their weight and this axial load affects the behavior of walls because of their excessive height. In this paper, based on the continuum approach, the optimal position of the stiffening beam on the stiffened coupled shear walls is investigated considering the effect of uniformly distributed axial loads. Moreover, the effect of the height of stiffened coupled shear walls on the optimal position of the stiffening beam has been studied with and without considering the axial force effect. A computer program has been developed in MATLAB and numerical examples have been solved to demonstrate the reliability of this method. The effects of the various flexural rigidities of the stiffening beam on the internal forces and the lateral deflection of the structure considering axial force effect have also been investigated. | ||
| Key Words | ||
| stiffened coupled shear walls; continuous medium; optimal position; stiffening beam; axial force effect; closed-form solution | ||
| Address | ||
| B. Farahmand Azar, A. Hadidi and H. Khosravi: Faculty of Civil Engineering, University of Tabriz, Tabriz, Iran | ||