Steel Plate Shear Walls with Gravity Load: Theory and Design

This book is written by subject experts based on the recent  research results in steel plate shear walls considering the gravity load  effect. It establishes a vertical stress distribution of the walls  under compression and in-plane bending load and an inclination angle of  the tensile field strip. The stress throughout the inclined tensile  strip, as we consider the effect of the vertical stress distribution, is  determined using the von Mises yield criterion. The shear strength is  calculated by integrating the shear stress along the width. The proposed  theoretical model is verified by tests and numerical simulations.  Researchers, scientists and engineers in the field of structural  engineering can benefit from the book. As such, this book provides  valuable knowledge, useful methods, and practical algorithms that can be  considered in practical design of building structures adopting a steel  shear wall system.