Thesis (M.S. in civil engineering)--Washington State University, August 2009. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Aug. 11, 2009). "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering." Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S. in civil engineering)--Washington State University, May 2007. / Includes bibliographical references.

Methods for the design of steel frame/wood panel shear walls used as a seismic force resisting system have been developed. These methods, which can be used in conjunction with the 2005 NBCC, were based on the results of shear wall tests carried out using lateral loads alone. The research program was extended to determine the influence of gravity loads on the lateral performance of the shear wall. An initial series of stud column tests was completed to determine an appropriate predication method for the axial capacity of the principal vertical load carrying members. Recommendations for appropriate effective length factors and buckling lengths were derived from the results of 40 tests. A subsequent series of five single-storey shear wall configurations were designed using capacity based methods. These shear walls were tested under monotonic and cyclic lateral loading, where two of three shear walls were also subjected to a constant gravity load. In total, 32 steel frame/wood panel shear walls composed of 1.09--1.37 mm thick steel studs sheathed with DFP, CSP or OSB panels were tested and analyzed. The equivalent energy elastic-plastic analysis approach was used to determine design values for stiffness, strength, ductility and overstrength. The data from this most recent series of tests indicates that the additional gravity loads do not have a detrimental influence on the lateral behaviour of a steel frame/wood panel shear wall if the chord studs are designed to carry the combined lateral and gravity forces following a capacity based approach. A resistance factor of 0.7 was found to be in agreement with previous tests that did not include gravity loads. The calculated seismic force modification factors also agreed with the previous test results, which suggest that Rd = 2.5 and Ro = 1.7.

Thesis (M.S. in civil engineering)--Washington State University, December 2008. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on Feb. 19, 2009). "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. 56-57).

Thesis (M.S. in civil engineering)--Washington State University, May 2010. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 14, 2010). "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. 72-73).

Thesis (M.S. in civil engineering)--Washington State University, May 2010. / Title from PDF title page (viewed on July 21, 2010). "Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering." Includes bibliographical references (p. 96-97).

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Thesis (M. Phil.)--University of Hong Kong, 2006. / Title proper from title frame. Also available in printed format.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2003. / Typescript (photocopy). Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.

Thesis (M.S.)--Oregon State University, 2007. / Printout. Includes bibliographical references. Also available on the World Wide Web.