Plastic flow and therefore ductility (hysteresis and energy dissipation) in a Coupled Steel Plate Shear Wall (C-SPSW) occurs as shown here in an example of a 4-storey coupled shear wall


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Plastic flow and therefore ductility (hysteresis and energy dissipation) in a Coupled Steel Plate Shear Wall (C-SPSW) occurs as shown here in an example of a 4-storey coupled shear wall

Lots of ductility (hysteresis and energy dissipation) occurs in a good design.

The blue arrows represent drift (I think).

From the same paper as the previous image.

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