Title: An Estimate of the Yield Displacement of Coupled Walls for Seismic Design

Author(s): Enrique Hernández-Montes, Mark Aschheim

Publication: IJCSM

Volume: 11

Issue: 2

Appears on pages(s): 275–284

Keywords: coupled walls, shear walls, earthquake engineering.

DOI: 10.1007/s40069-017-0188-5

Date: 6/30/2017

Abstract:
A formula to estimate the yield displacement observed in the pushover analysis of coupled wall lateral force-resisting systems is presented. The estimate is based on the results of an analytical study of coupled walls ranging from 8 to 20 stories in height, with varied amounts of reinforcement in the reinforced concrete coupling beams and walls, subjected to first-mode pushover analysis. An example illustrates the application of these estimates to the performance-based seismic design of coupled walls.