Hysteresis Performance Analysis of Damping Energy Dissipating Corrugated Steel Plate Shear Wall System

Abstract

As a buckling-resistant component, the corrugated steel shear wall was adopted to restrain the local buckling of the steel plate. The mild steel damper was also added to improve the energy dissipation capacity of the structure, forming a new damping energy-dissipation corrugated steel plate shear wall system (DCSW). In order to study the hysteresis behaviour of DCSW, 5 nonlinear FEMs were established by ABAQUS, with the consideration of corrugated steel plate placement, mild steel dampers arrangement and openings form. Their ultimate bearing capacity, ductility, stiffness and energy dissipation performance were compared and evaluated. The results indicated that the DCSW system had better bearing capacity and energy dissipation capacity. The ultimate bearing capacity of structure with corrugated steel plate shear walls and mild steel dampers increased by 37%~43% and 11.4%~13% respectively, combining using those two elements, their ultimate bearing capacity increased by 52%~56%, and their ductility was also improved significantly.