in this paper, nonlinear behavior of composite steel plate shear wall systems, in which steel infill plate is strengthened by fiber reinforced polymer (frp) layers, are experimentally investigated. tests are designed to evaluate the effect of glass-frp layers, layers number of gfrp and orientation of gfrp layers on the stiffness, shear strength, cumulative dissipated energy and other seismic pa...

Due to architectural, mechanical and even structural considerations, in some cases there is need to create some openings in the composite steel shear walls. Presence of the openings can considerably affect the wall behavior. Therefore in this study, the effects of the opening on the behavior of composite steel shear walls are investigated. For this purpose, first an experimental specimen withou...

Bridges are built in a variety of locations, many of which are susceptible to multiple extreme hazards (earthquakes, vehicle collisions, tsunamis or storm surges, and blasts are considered in this research since they are present as a minimum for some locations). This underscores the need to develop an innovative design concept for bridges from a multi-hazard perspective in which all hazards and...

Recently, corrugated steel plate shear walls have been shown to be an efficient lateral force resisting system for building structures. Corrugated plates higher out-of-plane stiffness and improved buckling stability in comparison with flat which result hysteretic behavior. However, the thickness of may limited due cold-form process restrictions. This paper investigates cyclic performance double...