Experimental Test of Perforated Steel Plate Shear Wall Under Cyclic Load

Steel Plate Shear Wall is a steel frame system with stiffeners that are effective in resisting lateral forces. The shear wall functions as a fuse, so the failure mechanism is expected to occur in the plate first. The shear wall plate is designed to be relatively thin to achieve this mechanism, but the appropriate thickness will be challenging in low-rise buildings. The perforations given to the shear wall panels aim to reduce the shear capacity and stiffness of the plate. This research is an experimental test on three specimens of shear wall plates. Tests are only carried out on shear wall plates without beams and columns. Variations in the form of the percentage of perforation area are given to the specimen to see the cyclic behavior of the plate when receiving lateral loads. The percentage is obtained from the ratio of the perforation area to the total plate area. The type of perforation used is circular, with a diameter of 65 mm. The test results show that the shear wall plate has a stable hysteresis curve for all specimens. The different inelastic behavior can be seen from the hysteresis curve pattern formed during the test.