Seismic Performance Evaluation of Composite Steel Shear Walls with Emphasis on Thickness of Infill Plate and Concrete Cover

Since the application of composite shear wall is increasing rapidly throughout the world, it is necessary to study its behavior. General interest of engineers in using this unique system due to its application and behavior indicates the need for better understanding of this system.
In this paper, by modeling composite shear walls and using Abaqus software and its verification, the results have been used for modeling composite shear wall with emphasis on the impact of number and diameter of bolts under cyclic loading. Solid and shell cements are used for modeling concrete and steel elements respectively. The results of the numerical study shows that 3×3 and 3×2.5 configuration with diameter of 22.2 millimeters of bolts are the best sizes