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Strengthening of Coupled Shear Walls – An overview

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Last updated: 26 Dec 2024

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Civil and Architectural Engineering

Abstract

Coupling beams are considered one of the most important structural elements due to their vital role in resisting lateral loads by improving the overall building stiffness and reducing the impact of the overturning. The resistance of coupled shear walls (CSWs) to earthquakes depends on the coupling beam (CB) for enhancing the ductility of the system and improving the energy absorption capacity. There are two main types of coupling beams; diagonally reinforced coupling beams and conventionally reinforced ones. In the case of diagonal reinforcement, which is being currently recommended by the new design codes, the coupling beams are more efficient in consolidating the walls and providing better performance in resisting earthquakes. On the other hand, the diagonal reinforcing configuration showed some difficulties in terms of construction. There are already existing buildings that have conventionally reinforced coupling beams, which were designed according to the old codes. These coupling beams are in extreme need of strengthening to resist earthquakes. Therefore, some studies have been conducted to find an alternative to the diagonal reinforcing scheme of coupled shear walls. The methods of strengthening differed whether using steel plates or fibre-reinforced polymers sheets. Nowadays Fibre Reinforced Polymers (FRP) are being widely used to strengthen coupling beams and improve the structural behaviour of coupled shear walls. This paper presents a summary of some studies available in the literature concerning the strengthening of the coupling beams and coupled shear walls using FRP. Strengthening method, strengthening configurations, failure modes, and test setups are summarized.

DOI

10.21608/eijest.2021.84572.1079

Keywords

Coupling beams, Coupled shear walls, strengthening, Fibre Reinforced Polymers, Energy absorption capacity

Authors

First Name

Suzan

Last Name

A. Mustafa

MiddleName

Ali

Affiliation

Structural engineering department, faculty of engineering, zagazig university, zagazig, egypt

Email

samustafa@eng.zu.edu.eg

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Zagazig

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First Name

Amany

Last Name

Abdel-Rahim

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Affiliation

Structural Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University, Zagazig City, Egypt.

Email

amanyabdelrahim5@gmail.com

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Zagazig

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Emara

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Affiliation

Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Zagazig University

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mohamed.r.emara@gmail.com

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First Name

Hilal

Last Name

Hassan

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-

Affiliation

structural engineering department, faculty of engineering, zagazig university, egypt

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habdelkader@zu.edu.eg

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Volume

36

Article Issue

1

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27353

Issue Date

2021-12-01

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2021-07-10

Publish Date

2021-12-01

Page Start

25

Page End

32

Print ISSN

1687-8493

Online ISSN

2682-3640

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https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/article_190471.html

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1,348

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Publication Title

The Egyptian International Journal of Engineering Sciences and Technology

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https://eijest.journals.ekb.eg/

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Strengthening of Coupled Shear Walls – An overview

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Created At

23 Jan 2023