Computational Study of Cold-Formed-Steel X-Braced Shear Walls

Table 3

Results summary.

	Finite element						Test results				FE/test results (dev. %)
	Vu (kN)	Vy (kN)	∆u (mm)	∆y (mm)	Ke kN/mm	Kp kN/mm	Vu (kN)	Vy (kN)	∆u (mm)	∆y (mm)	Vu	Vy	∆u	∆y
9C	64	59	100	20	2.95	0.06	60	56	110	18	7%	5%	9%	11%
39A	62	54	185	22	2.45	0.05	67	53	200	26	7%	2%	8%	15%
45A	103	92	165	26	3.54	0.08	107	93	180	28	4%	1%	8%	7%