Abstract:
This study elucidates the prediction of ultimate strength and corresponding deflection of
low rise shear walls subjected to lateral load. The scope of the study is limited to
low-rise shear walls with height to length ratios not exceeding two, and walls due to
lateral load are deformed in a shape of double-curvature. This study is based on
limited knowledge of the shear behavior of low-rise shear walls subjected to
double-curvature bending. In this study, the wall shear behavior as the ultimate shear
strength and corresponding deflection of walls is predicted according to the softened
strut-and-tie model. Moreover, the corresponding lateral deflection of walls is
estimated by superposition of its flexibility sources such as flexural, shear and slip.
Theoretical analyses reveal that the calculated results of the proposed procedure
correlate reasonably with previously reported experimental results.
