how to model the Shear wall

zhangchuanchao · Post by **zhangchuanchao** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 12:39 am

Hello everyone I am a novice is learning opensees modeling
I would like to ask how to build wall
Because I do not know how to do ,plea everyone's help
An example of a shear wall is also helpful I would like to thank

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Tue Jun 30, 2009 8:47 am

if it is a shear-critical wall, there is still a lot of research going on on it.
there is one element in opensees, look under nonlinear-beam-column elements, but it is limited to a 2D model and static pushover analysis.

if it is not a shear-critical wall, use a regular nonlinear beam-column element and add a shear stiffness to it, via the section.

zhangchuanchao · Post by **zhangchuanchao** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 6:33 am

Thank you for your answer
But I would like to know what is mean of the shear-critical wall ?
The wall was destroyed with Shear failure ?

there is one element in opensees, look under nonlinear-beam-column elements————you mean the quad element ?

silvia · Post by **silvia** » Wed Jul 01, 2009 7:59 am

yes.
no, the quad element is not a beam-column element.