Seismic Behavior of a Novel Buckling-Restrained Steel Plate Shear Wall

<table class="table-group" id="tab8"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Specimen</td><td class="align_center">Initial stiffness (<i>K</i><sub>0</sub>, kN/mm)</td><td class="align_center">Yield load (<span class="nowrap"><svg height="14.1649pt" id="M3" style="vertical-align:-5.529pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 13.319 14.1649" width="13.319pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M697 650H468L461 623L492 619C539 613 547 605 518 546C481 471 367 264 278 116H276C239 278 197 500 186 567C180 604 185 613 226 619L252 623L260 650H24L17 623C78 617 92 613 108 533L216 -11H247C365 200 515 462 560 529C616 612 624 615 689 623L697 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.332,3.132)"><path d="M563 395C563 428 543 451 519 451C500 451 480 438 472 423C468 415 465 403 470 394C477 381 482 368 482 347C482 272 386 136 342 74H340C334 163 323 257 312 337C302 410 290 451 257 451C214 451 160 385 127 338L145 310C169 341 203 373 209 373C219 373 225 369 232 325C249 215 269 62 271 -15C220 -80 135 -165 18 -231L26 -257L142 -230C254 -105 279 -74 342 13C394 85 484 211 526 286C553 334 563 365 563 395Z"></path></g></svg>,</span> kN)</td><td class="align_center">Yield displacement (Δ<sub><i>y</i></sub>, mm)</td><td class="align_center">Ultimate load (<span class="nowrap"><svg height="11.927pt" id="M4" style="vertical-align:-3.291101pt" version="1.1" viewbox="-0.0498162 -8.6359 12.9993 11.927" width="12.9993pt" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"><g transform="matrix(.013,0,0,-0.013,0,0)"><path d="M697 650H468L461 623L492 619C539 613 547 605 518 546C481 471 367 264 278 116H276C239 278 197 500 186 567C180 604 185 613 226 619L252 623L260 650H24L17 623C78 617 92 613 108 533L216 -11H247C365 200 515 462 560 529C616 612 624 615 689 623L697 650Z"></path></g><g transform="matrix(.0091,0,0,-0.0091,7.332,3.132)"><path d="M528 97L513 125C484 95 440 68 431 68C425 68 421 76 427 107C449 227 476 342 505 451H495L418 424L385 278C338 191 220 62 157 62C145 62 133 76 145 130L200 368C215 434 210 451 183 451C157 451 92 418 24 352L37 324C78 356 106 377 115 377C123 377 122 364 116 340L64 115C58 89 56 68 56 52C56 2 78 -12 103 -12C127 -12 159 -4 190 18C247 59 309 113 366 187H368L351 108C328 1 348 -12 368 -12C403 -12 472 33 528 97Z"></path></g></svg>,</span> kN)</td><td class="align_center">Maximum displacement (Δ<sub><i>t</i></sub>, mm)</td><td class="align_center">Ductility ratio (Δ<sub><i>t</i></sub>/Δ<sub><i>y</i></sub>)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">SPSW</td><td class="align_center">120.95</td><td class="align_center">258.75</td><td class="align_center">4.14</td><td class="align_center">362.10</td><td class="align_center">51.92</td><td class="align_center">12.54</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">BRSPSW</td><td class="align_center">190.80</td><td class="align_center">227.79</td><td class="align_center">2.09</td><td class="align_center">573.14</td><td class="align_center">30.08</td><td class="align_center">14.39</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Hysteretic behavior of test specimens.</div>

Shock and Vibration

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Table 8

Table 8: Seismic Behavior of a Novel Buckling-Restrained Steel Plate Shear Wall 