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

Table 5

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
WLE	73	64	170	18	3.56	0.06	66	63		20	11%	2%		10%
WLD	65	56	182	17	3.29	0.05	62	56	210	20	5%	0%	13%	15%
WHD	130	112	200	26	4.31	0.10	119	108	200	30	9%	4%	0%	13%

Specimen failed due to connection failure after reaching the yielding limit. Connection failure is excluded in the FE model.