Research Article

Numerical Study on Deformation Capacity of Steel Plate Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls

Table 2

Comparison of strengths between tests and finite element results.

Ref.Test no.Yield load (kN)QTEST/QFEMPeak load (kN)PTEST/PFEMFailure mode
QTESTQFEMPTESTPFEMTestFEM

Wu [5]W1-a1520.001509.301.011730.001696.081.02FSFS
W1-b1120.001178.400.951450.001380.951.05FSFS
W1-c1214.001248.900.971515.001470.881.03FSFS

Jiang [6]SPRCW1542.50552.300.98638.80604.801.06FF
SPRCW2555.20555.901.00659.70633.901.04FF
SPRCW3570.70566.701.00687.70651.801.06FF

Zhu [7]GB2-3-1607.00630.100.96828.00840.100.99FF
GB2-3-2613.00633.200.97841.00844.201.00FF
GB2-3-3612.00631.000.97822.00841.300.98FF

Mean value0.951.03

Standard variation σ0.050.05