In the standard three-rail shear test, as described in “ASTM D 4255/D 4255M The standard test method for in-plane shear properties of polymer matrix composite materials by the rail shear method” the specimen is clamped with bolts. This however, requires drilling holes through the specimen, which of course is not ideal for composite materials, because of the occurring damage around the holes. Fu...

Tests on eighteen small scale models which simulate the elastic and post-buckling behaviour of plate girders when subjected to shear loading are reported and discussed. Themodels were fabricated of steel and Araldite; the major aim was to assess whether small scale models can be employed to study shear buckling problems. A secondary object was to examine whether araldite could be used for predi...

Steel plate shear walls (SPSW) structures have been widely employed in multistory residential buildings. The traditional welding process may lead to serious deformation due the thinness of plate. In this study, a new is proposed ensure that stiffeners and SPSWs bend as whole, number welds reduced from 3 2. This has better integrity than owing less residual stress deformation. On basis low-cycle...

Extended single-plate shear connections (Figure 1) offer many advantages that simplify the construction process. Because the connection to the supported member is moved clear of the support, coping of the supported member is not required and the only fabrication process required for the supported member is drilling or punching. Also, because bolted connections are only used in the connection to...

The present research is concerned with the determination of ductility, over-strength and response modification factors of coupled steel shear wall frames. Three structural models with various numbers of stories, bay width and coupling beam height were analyzed using static pushover and incremental nonlinear dynamic analyses. The ductility, over-strength and response modification factors for the...

Although, experimental studies have reported fracture at the corner of Steel Plate Shear Walls (SPSW), no study has been performed to investigate the crack effect, yet. Therefore, in this paper, the effect of crack at the corner of SPSWs on the seismic behavior of the system was investigated. Two probable cracks, that have been studies at the corner of SPSWs utilizing extended Finite Element me...

This paper investigates the effect of moisture content on interface shear strength between offshore clay and steel plate. Although, sensitive and high plasticity offshore clay deposits are widely distributed in Malaysia and many other countries in the world, and steel is a vital construction material for many structures, research works on interaction between offshore clay and steel surface are ...

Ultrasonic wedges which can propagate one longitudinal L and two orthogonally polarized shear S waves are presented. In order to use this wedge to generate and received guided plate acoustic waves along a metal plate at high temperatures brass which has a slow L and S wave velocities was chosen. Mode conversion method was used to convert L to S waves in the wedge. The mode conversion efficiency...

The floor beams of steel buildings, cold-formed steel floor joists in particular, often require large web openings, which may affect their shear capacities. A cost effective way to mitigate the detrimental effects of such openings is to weld/fasten reinforcements. A difficulty associated with an experimental investigation to establish suitable reinforcement schemes for openings in shear zone is...