Performance analysis of rocking shear wall-frame structure

Incorporating the shear deformation effect of the shear wall and the restrained moment effect of the link beam, a continuum model is presented to conduct the preliminary analysis of the rocking shear wall-frame structure. It can be applicable to fixed/hinged systems with link beams fixed/hinged at the ends and to clamped/rocking shear wall-frame structures with clamped/rocking shear wall at the base. Its comprehension can improve the accuracy and integrality of the analytical theory for shear wall-frame structures. Analytical solutions to three loading scenarios are derived and make manual computation possible. A finite element with the analytical solutions as the shape functions is presented. This formulation is convenient to analyze the stepped shear wall-frame structures with variable cross sections along the height and under complicated loads. The frequency equations and mode shapes are also derived. Numerical examples demonstrate the accuracy and excellent predictions of the present model and the finite element formulation.