TY  - JOUR
T1  - Evaluating the Effect of Rectangular Opening Positioning on the
Seismic Behavior of Composite Shear Walls
AU - Veladi, Hedayat AU - Najafi, Hamideh AU - Shirshahi, Majid 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 13
IS  - 11
SP  - 4025
EP  - 4029
PY  - 2018
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2018.4025.4029
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2018.4025.4029
KW  - Composite shear wall
KW  -seismic behavior
KW  -finite element method
KW  -performance
KW  -discusses
KW  -problem
AB  - Composite Shear Wall (C-PSW) is one of the efficient systems against lateral loads. About 50 years
ago, steel shear walls were used as a resistor against lateral loads, however, poor buckling of these walls made
researchers use reinforced concrete layer in one or both sides of the steel shear wall in order to solve this
problem which led to proposing composite shear wall. This study discusses the effect of rectangular opening
positioning on seismic performance of the system. To do so, different models were analyzed under cyclic load
using finite element method. The results showed that, the most appropriate position for creating an opening
is bottom corners of the frame.
ER  -