Ring-shaped steel plate shear wall under cyclic loading in Abaqus

Product Overview

In this project, a ring-shaped steel plate shear wall is modeled in Abaqus and its behavior under cyclic loading is investigated. The numerical model is developed based on the experimental study reported in the reference paper.

The numerical model represents the laboratory specimen and is used to investigate its structural response under cyclic loading. The Abaqus results are compared with the laboratory results to evaluate the accuracy of the numerical model and its ability to reproduce the experimental hysteretic response.

What You Will Learn

• How to model a ring-shaped steel plate shear wall in Abaqus.
• How to define the geometry and material properties of the structural components.
• How to model the beam and column members of the structural system.
• How to define the required boundary conditions in Abaqus.
• How to apply cyclic hysteresis loading to the model.
• How to perform nonlinear analysis under cyclic loading.
• How to obtain the hysteresis response of the model.
• How to extract and process Abaqus results using Excel.
• How to compare numerical and laboratory results.
• How to evaluate the deformation behavior of the model under cyclic loading.

Model Description

The model represents a ring-shaped steel plate shear wall based on the configuration used in the reference experimental study.

The structural system consists of horizontal and vertical members. In this model, the horizontal members are columns and the vertical members are beams, according to the configuration of the experimental model.

The required geometry, material properties, boundary conditions, interactions, and analysis settings are defined in Abaqus to reproduce the behavior of the laboratory specimen.

Cyclic Loading

The model is subjected to cyclic hysteresis loading to investigate its nonlinear structural response.

The hysteresis loading is applied to the left beam according to the loading procedure used in the reference experimental study.

The loading history is defined in Abaqus using the required amplitude data, and the model is analyzed under repeated loading and unloading cycles.

Results and Hysteresis Response

The Abaqus results are extracted and processed to evaluate the structural response of the ring-shaped steel plate shear wall under cyclic loading.

The hysteresis diagram obtained from the Abaqus analysis is compared with the corresponding laboratory results reported in the reference study.

The comparison allows the numerical model to be evaluated in terms of its ability to reproduce the main characteristics of the experimental hysteretic response.

Deformation Under Cyclic Loading

The deformation behavior of the model is investigated throughout the cyclic analysis.

The Abaqus results show the deformation of the structural system under repeated loading and unloading cycles and provide a clear representation of its nonlinear response.

Experimental Validation

The numerical results are compared with the laboratory results reported in the reference research paper.

The comparison focuses on the hysteresis response and the overall structural behavior under cyclic loading. The results obtained from Abaqus show good agreement with the laboratory results, demonstrating that the numerical model can reproduce the main characteristics of the tested specimen.

Key Features

• Ring-shaped steel plate shear wall.
• Numerical modeling of the laboratory specimen in Abaqus.
• Horizontal column and vertical beam members.
• Cyclic hysteresis loading.
• Nonlinear analysis under cyclic loading.
• Hysteresis response obtained from Abaqus.
• Investigation of deformation under cyclic loading.
• Comparison with laboratory results.
• Complete Abaqus model files.
• Excel file for amplitude loading.
• Excel file containing numerical results.
• Step-by-step video tutorial.

Reference

This project is based on the experimental research study used to investigate the behavior of the ring-shaped steel plate shear wall under cyclic loading. The reference paper is included with the project files and can be used to review the experimental model, loading procedure, and reported results.