Plastic Analysis on the Semi-Rigid Steel Frame-Composite Steel Plate Shear Wall Structure

The semi-rigid steel frame-composite steel plate shear wall structure (SCSW) effectively improves the lateral stiffness of shear wall, making it possible to use the semi-rigid joint. In order to study the plastic failure mechanism of SCSW, a plastic model is established, in which the effects of the rotations of semi-rigid joints and yield deformations of infill steel walls on the energy consumption are considered. Based on that, a design method for the lateral ultimate strength is put forward and a nonlinear FEM model is setup using ANSYS. Through the comparison between plastic analysis results with the finite element results, it is shown that the plastic analysis method is feasible and has a safe redundancy.