TY - JOUR ID - 3143 TI - The Effect of  Dimensional Change of Boundary Elements on the Response Modification Factor of the Steel Plate Shear Wall JO - AUT Journal of Civil Engineering JA - AJCE LA - en SN - 2588-2899 AU - hatami, Farzad AU - Paslar, Nima AD - Amir Kabir University of Technology AD - M. Sc. of Civil Engineering, Gheshm Unite, Azad Islamic University Y1 - 2019 PY - 2019 VL - 3 IS - 2 SP - 225 EP - 232 KW - Steel Plate Shear Wall KW - Response Modification Factor KW - Boundary Elements KW - Ductility KW - Energy Absorption KW - Non-Identical DO - 10.22060/ajce.2018.15303.5532 N2 -  During the past few decades, steel plate shear wall (SPSW) has been used as a lateral load-bearing system in building construction; however, the wall boundary conditions have been considered symmetric and identical in most of the performed projects and researches. In this paper, the Response Modification Factor of this system, when the columns are non-identical, and the effect of changing the dimensions of each boundary element have been investigated. These wall models could be seen when architectural and facility limitations are governing in the design or in the seismic retrofitting of existing structures when boundary elements especially the columns are of non-identical dimensions. Moreover, the necessity of this investigation would be important concerning the role of the Response Modification Factor in seismic design of structures. In this study, the effect of changing the dimensions of boundary elements on the Response Modification Factor of steel plate shear wall was calculated using Uang’s method and Newmark & Hall’s method. The same study has also been performed on ductility, energy absorption, and ultimate strength. UR - https://ajce.aut.ac.ir/article_3143.html L1 - https://ajce.aut.ac.ir/article_3143_63c3a03144c0b664e5fb33bd8ab0c2a1.pdf ER -