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

Table 3

Comparison of deformation capacity between tests and finite element results.

Ref.	Test no.	∆y (mm)		∆y,TEST/∆y,FEM	∆u (mm)		∆u,TEST/∆u,FEM	μ		μTEST/μFEM
		∆y,TEST	∆y,FEM		∆u,TEST	∆u,FEM		μTEST	μFEM
Wu [5]	W1-a	4.32	4.99	0.87	17.80	23.20	0.77	4.12	4.65	0.89
	W1-b	3.57	4.40	0.81	13.80	23.18	0.60	3.87	5.27	0.73
	W1-c	5.35	4.54	1.18	21.25	23.28	0.91	3.97	5.13	0.77
Jiang [6]	SPRCW1	8.60	6.99	1.23	33.90	29.10	1.16	3.93	4.16	0.94
	SPRCW2	6.90	7.00	0.99	26.65	27.03	0.99	3.93	3.86	1.02
	SPRCW3	8.00	7.12	1.12	20.42	20.90	0.98	2.69	2.94	0.92
Zhu [7]	GB2-3-1	6.92	6.32	1.09	27.22	26.04	1.05	3.96	4.12	0.96
	GB2-3-2	6.13	6.54	0.94	25.45	23.65	1.08	4.15	3.62	1.15
	GB2-3-3	6.10	6.09	1.00	21.41	20.96	1.02	3.51	3.44	1.02
Mean value		—	—	1.05	—	—	1.07	—	—	1.03
Standard variation, σ		—	—	0.09	—	—	0.06	—	—	0.08

∆_y is the yield displacement of the specimen; ∆_u is the ultimate displacement of the specimen; μ is the ductility factor defined by the ratio of ultimate displacement to yield displacement.