Design of Steel Plate Shear Wall with Opening for Steel Building

In seismic regions, moment resisting frames, reinforced concrete shear walls or steel bracings are usually used as the lateral load resisting systems. Steel plate shear walls have been used more and more in the steel structures to resist earthquake and wind forces. This system offers several advantages as compared to the other usual lateral load resisting systems. The present paper describes the design of steel plate shear wall with openings for steel building. Here three building frames with different SPSW opening were analyzed for same loading. Three building frame having (G+3) storey situated in zone III. The analysis of steel plate shear wall and the building are carried out using Software STAAD. Pro V8i. The main parameters considered in this paper are to compare the seismic performance of buildings such as, bending moment, shear force, and axial force.