When designing a building for lateral loads such as those generated by wind or earthquakes, engineers have several options. Lateral loads may be transferred to the foundation via braced frames or ...

Steel Shear Walls (SSWs) are known as structures that dampen the seismic loads like earthquakes in every construction, especially in tall buildings. The SSW contains three critical elements; beam, ...

With the ongoing advancement of prefabricated structures in China, the widely adopted prefabricated shear wall structure has become a major research focus. Actual earthquake damage observations ...