Investigation of the lateral performance of trapezoidal double corrugated steel shear walls with two different corrugation angles

Abstract This research explores the lateral behavior of trapezoidal corrugated steel shear walls (CSSW) with double plates with two different corrugation angles by employing cyclic loading in the ABAQUS finite element software. The samples studied in this research were a one-story, one-span frame with three trapezoidal corrugated double plates with angles of 30, 45, and 60°. Three thicknesses of 2, 3, and 4 mm were considered to explore the impact of the thickness of the infill plates. The obtained results have shown that the change in the angle of one of the double corrugated plates has no significant effect on the shape of the hysteresis curve and the amount of equivalent viscous damping. Nonetheless, it can lead to a change in the value of maximum resistance and energy absorption. The outcomes displayed that double corrugated steel shear walls (DCSSW) with 60° corrugation angles have the highest maximum resistance and energy absorption. After this sample, in the samples with infill plates with thicknesses of 2, 3, and 4 mm, samples 30–45, 45–60, and 45–60, respectively, have more maximum resistance. In addition, samples 30–60, 30–60, and 45–60 have the highest energy absorption after the sample 60–60°.