TY - JOUR
T1 - A Performance-Based Design Method for Coupled Wall Structures
AU - Hung, Chung Chan
AU - Lu, Wei Ting
N1 - Funding Information:
The research described herein was sponsored in part by the Ministry of Science and Technology under Grant No. 103-2221-E-006-268. The opinions, findings, and conclusions expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the sponsor.
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PY - 2017/5/19
Y1 - 2017/5/19
N2 - A performance-based design (PBD) approach for coupled wall structures (CWSs) is presented to address the issues associated with the current strength-based design procedure. The design procedure consists of three primary elements, i.e., selection of performance objectives, determination of design base shears, and implementation of plastic design. The efficiency of the proposed PBD method is evaluated using four example structures. The results indicate that the proposed method is able to generate a CWS showing predictable seismic behavior under multiple seismic hazard levels. This design method also efficiently improves the global yielding mechanism of CWSs compared to the current design guidelines.
AB - A performance-based design (PBD) approach for coupled wall structures (CWSs) is presented to address the issues associated with the current strength-based design procedure. The design procedure consists of three primary elements, i.e., selection of performance objectives, determination of design base shears, and implementation of plastic design. The efficiency of the proposed PBD method is evaluated using four example structures. The results indicate that the proposed method is able to generate a CWS showing predictable seismic behavior under multiple seismic hazard levels. This design method also efficiently improves the global yielding mechanism of CWSs compared to the current design guidelines.
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U2 - 10.1080/13632469.2016.1172379
DO - 10.1080/13632469.2016.1172379
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84975291677
VL - 21
SP - 579
EP - 603
JO - Journal of Earthquake Engineering
JF - Journal of Earthquake Engineering
SN - 1363-2469
IS - 4
ER -