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Shear Walls for strengthening of Multistory builidings with soft story

Author(s):

MUKESH SONI , L.N.Malviya Infra Project Pvt .Ltd.; Danish Khan, UIT-RGPV, Bhopal

Keywords:

Soft Story, Shear Wall, Seismic Performance, Story Drift

Abstract

Shear walls are one of the most useful lateral load resisting systems in multistoried buildings. Shear walls can be provided in buildings with soft story to resist the lateral load induced by an earthquake. This study investigates the effect of shear wall in reducing deflection of building under seismic activity.

Other Details

Paper ID: IJSRDV3I70193
Published in: Volume : 3, Issue : 7
Publication Date: 01/10/2015
Page(s): 245-248

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