Influence of Opening Locations on the Structural Response of Shear Wall

Table 4

Influence of opening locations on the maximum displacement of squat shear walls.

Case	Maximum displacement of shear wall at
	0% damping		2% damping		5% damping		10% damping
	Door cum window	16.20	11.84	1.38	1.39	0.64	0.64	0.39	0.39
Two doors	16.20	8.14	1.31	1.31	0.53	0.53	0.34	0.34
Two windows	35.44	12.91	1.59	1.59	0.65	0.65	0.40	0.40
Three windows	24.68	12.27	1.66	1.66	0.69	0.69	0.43	0.43
Four windows	8.28	8.06	1.30	1.30	0.53	0.53	0.34	0.34
Staggered two windows	32.92	31.05	1.52	1.52	0.61	0.61	0.38	0.38
Staggered four windows	9.02	9.00	1.41	1.41	0.59	0.59	0.37	0.37

Not strengthened  strengthened.