Seismic Response of RCC Building with Shear Wall at Different Positions and Vertical Opening

Abstract

Shear wall structure systems are now often used for tall buildings all over the world since they provide the structural strength to with-stand lateral stresses like earthquakes and wind forces etc. Shear walls are vertical building components that are placed in the form of a core or at the side faces of buildings. Shear walls have more capacity to withstand lateral stresses, however sometimes due to various requirements, such as doors, win-dows, or other requirements, shear walls have multiple openings that reduce their effective-ness. Building architecture and the purpose of the structure both affect where the shear wall opening is located. In a structure, many open-ings are given for various purposes. The loca-tion of the opening in the shear wall has a sig-nificant impact on how effectively the struc-ture can withstand lateral loads. This re-search examines the results of changing the shear wall's location and introducing a verti-cal opening to it. With the help of the finite element software ETABS, a linear static and dynamic analysis is conducted on a story frame-shear wall building without opening with a vertical opening using the Equivalent Static method and Response Spectrum meth-od. The comparison showed the frequency, time period, storey displacement, shear, drift, and stress distributions.