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Dr. Liqiang Jiang

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School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: structural engineering; steel structures; testing technique; earthquake engineering; artificial intelligence methoduction
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Dr. Fengqi Guo

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School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: structural engineering; steel-concrete composite structures; earthquake engineering; wind engineering

Dr. Linli Duan

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School of Civil Engineering, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
Interests: structural engineering; steel-concrete composite structures; earthquake engineering; prefabricated construction

Dr. Yi Hu

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School of Civil Engineering, Central South University of Forestry & Technology, Changsha 410004, China
Interests: structural engineering; prefabricated building construction; steel–concrete composite structures; earthquake engineering; testing technique
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Dear Colleagues,

The safety of engineering structures against natural hazards (e.g., earthquakes, winds, fires, and tsunamis) is a subject of great interest to researchers and is important for protecting human life and reducing economic losses. In the last few decades, with advancing knowledge and technological development on understanding and interpreting the mechanisms of natural hazards, new components, connections, devices, and structural systems have been proposed for mitigating the damages of engineering structures. New testing and computation methods are being developed to analyze and design them.

This Special Issue is dedicated but not limited to current research on experimental, theoretical, computational, and relevant research works on advanced methods in disaster mitigation of engineering structures, including the following: analyzing and simulating natural hazards; damage assessment of engineering structures under natural hazards; modeling and applications of new construction materials for structural engineering; design methodologies of newly developed structural components and systems; advanced testing and modeling technologies; maintenance, repair and retrofit of existing structures; vulnerability, risk and reliability assessment of engineering structures under earthquakes, winds, fires, and tsunami; and advanced methods for the evaluation and design of resistance and resilience of structural systems.

Dr. Liqiang Jiang
Dr. Fengqi Guo
Dr. Linli Duan
Dr. Yi Hu
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Lateral Performance Analysis of Trapezoidal Orthogonal Stiffened Steel Plate Shear Walls

by Hong Zheng, Lele Cai, Jiawei Qin, Yuxi Mi, Liqiang Jiang, Xiaoming Ma and Zhiwei Sun

Buildings 2024, 14(6), 1634; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings14061634 - 3 Jun 2024

Abstract

This paper introduces a trapezoidal orthogonal stiffener steel plate shear wall (TSW). The finite element model of the TSW was developed following the validation of low-cycle repeated tests conducted on a single-span double-layer steel plate shear wall. The paper studies the effects of the flat steel plate thickness, stiffener thickness, stiffener height, and stiffener bottom width on the seismic performance of TSW. Building upon these findings, a theoretical formula for the ultimate shear capacity of TSW was developed. The results prove the following: (1) By changing the flat steel plate thickness, the stiffener thickness, and the stiffener height, the seismic behavior of TSW can be enhanced. It is suggested that the flat steel plate thickness is 4~6 mm, the stiffener thickness is 4~6 mm, and the stiffener height is not more than 60 mm, while the effect of the stiffener bottom width on the seismic behavior of TSW can be neglected. (2) The maximum error is 22.16%, compared to the theoretical value of TSW ultimate shear capacity with the finite element simulation value. However, as the finite element results surpass the test results, it indicates that the formula-derived results are unsafe, necessitating a recommendation for correction. Full article

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Testing and Computation Methods for Disaster Mitigation of Engineering Structures)

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