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Seismic Evaluation of Atypical Special Plate Shear Walls.

DE2007912901

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Russell, R. J.; Spears, R. E.; Kobbe, R. G.
Page Count	8
Abstract	The structure of a building undergoing a seismic reevaluation at the Idaho National Laboratory includes a number of steel plate walls and a roof liner which will act as shear diaphragms during an earthquake. Since the facility was designed and built long before such criteria were formulated, it is not surprising that these walls are not configured to meet all of the recently formulated requirements for such structures. To take advantage of this unusual structural feature, nonlinear analysis was used to ensure accurate modeling of the plate walls in a linear elastic seismic analysis of the full superstructure. The modeling was also used to establish the capacity of the plate.
Keywords	Steel plates Walls Building structure Modeling Design Shear walls
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Idaho National Lab., Idaho Falls.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200802

Seismic Evaluation of Atypical Special Plate Shear Walls.

Seismic Evaluation of Atypical Special Plate Shear Walls.
DE2007912901

Publication Date	2007
Personal Author	Russell, R. J.; Spears, R. E.; Kobbe, R. G.
Page Count	8
Abstract	The structure of a building undergoing a seismic reevaluation at the Idaho National Laboratory includes a number of steel plate walls and a roof liner which will act as shear diaphragms during an earthquake. Since the facility was designed and built long before such criteria were formulated, it is not surprising that these walls are not configured to meet all of the recently formulated requirements for such structures. To take advantage of this unusual structural feature, nonlinear analysis was used to ensure accurate modeling of the plate walls in a linear elastic seismic analysis of the full superstructure. The modeling was also used to establish the capacity of the plate.
Keywords	Steel plates Walls Building structure Modeling Design Shear walls
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Idaho National Lab., Idaho Falls.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200802