For most homeowners, boundary walls or fences are a security requisite we cannot do without. But that doesn’t mean we have to make do with unsightly walls or lopsided fences. In fact, the trend is to ...
Keywords: Steel plate shear walls (SPSW). Seismic performance. Vertical boundary elements (VBE). Analytical models. Horizontal boundary elements (HBE). Plastic mechanism. Earthquake-resistant designs.