COMPARATIVE STUDY ON SOLID AND COUPLED SHEAR WALL

Coupled shear walls are one of the systems commonly used in medium and high rise structures to resist lateral forces. Yet these systems should not collapse or be induced severe damage during earthquake actions. F or this reason, coupled shear walls must have high strength, high ductility, high energy absorption capacity and high shear stiffness to limit lateral deformations. So we generally preferred solid shear wall.