Experimental study on seismic performance of a low-energy consumption composite wall structure of a pre-fabricated lightweight steel frame.

ABSTRACT: This study developed a low-energy consumption composite wall structure constructed with a pre-fabricated lightweight steel frame that is suitable for houses in villages and towns and evaluated its anti-seismic performance. A low-reversed cyclic-loading test was conducted on four full-scale pre-fabricated structure specimens, including a lightweight, concrete-filled steel tube (CFST) column frame specimen (abbreviated as SFCF), a lightweight CFST column frame composite wall specimen (abbreviated as SFCFW), an H-steel column frame specimen (abbreviated as HSCF) and an H-steel column frame composite wall specimen (abbreviated as HSCFW). The failure characteristics, hysteretic behaviour, strength, rigidity, ductility and energy dissipation capacity of each specimen were compared and analysed.

SUBMITTER: Suizi J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6502396 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature