PRACTICAL MODELLING ASPECTS FOR FINITE ELEMENT ANALYSIS OF SHEAR WALLS

• Main Authors: Sambu Potty, Narayanan, W.A.M., Thanoon, Hariri Bin Hamzah, Helmy, Musa Mahgoub Hamadelnil, Abdelrahim
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2008
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1088/1/c013.pdf; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/1088/

Shear wall, a continuous vertical member, is an important element in high-rise buildings, which provides the lateral stability and resists the lateral forces resulting from earthquake and wind forces. Finite Element Method is widely used for analyzing complicated structural systems. Although many te...