Behaviour of Building Frames with Steel Plate Shear Walls

The present paper describes the analysis of high-rise steel buildings frames with Steel plate shear walls (SPSWs) by using SAP-2000 FEA programme. The primary variable in the analysis were presence of steel plate shear walls, thickness of plate (5 mm to 10 mm) and aspect ratio (0.833 to 1.667 width-to-height ratio). From the results obtained it is observed that, with the use of steel shear walls in the buildings, the bending moments in the beams are observed to reduce. The increase of shear wall thickness has a little effect on the bending moments and shear forces ofthe beams and there is small decrease in the lateral deflections. The storey drift increases with increase of aspect ratio while bending moment and shear force show a considerable increase.