Journal of Steel Structures & Construction

Meheddene Machaka

Publications

• Review Article
  Composite Shear Walls an Efficient Seismic Resistant System for Multi-Story Buildings
  Author(s): Reslan N, Masri A and Meheddene MachakaReslan N, Masri A and Meheddene Machaka
  
  Steel-concrete composite systems have seen widespread use in recent decades because of the benefits achieved by merging the two materials. Due to their high stiffness and lateral load resistance, reinforced-concrete shear walls (RCSW) and steel-plate shear walls (SPSW) are considered ideal for resisting earthquake lateral loads in moderate and high-rise buildings. Recently, various schemes of composite shear walls (CSW) have been the focus of recent research. The objective of this paper is to investigate analytically the behaviour of composite shear walls as a lateral-load resisting system in comparison to RCSW. The investigation is performed on buildings with variable heights provided with either (RCSW) or (CSW). Three dimensional models for the case-study buildings are assembled using ETABS, computer software based on the Finite Element Method. The buildings are analyzed for static .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-0437.1000140

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