Title: Investigation of the behaviour of double corrugated steel shear walls with internal stiffeners

Authors: Wentao Qin

Addresses: College of Materials and Environmental Engineering, Chongqing Polytechnic University of Electronic Technology, Shapingba, 400038, Chongqing, China

Abstract: The double corrugated steel shear wall (DCSSW) system has been introduced recently, in which identical and parallel trapezoidal corrugated plates (CPs) are connected through high-strength bolts. In this paper, the lateral behaviour of internally stiffened DCSSWs is investigated under monotonic loading using the finite element method in the ABAQUS software. To make comparisons, the non-connected DCSSWs were also considered in the current paper. The results indicated that the maximum lateral strengths of the non-connected DCSSWs are less than those of linked DCSSWs. The maximum strength of the non-connected DCSSWs with a corrugation angle of 30°, 45°, and 60° is less than that of connected DCSSWs by 34%, 14%, and 10%, respectively. Additionally, this study demonstrated that the maximum strength of the internally stiffened DCSSWs is 3.4% to 39.8% greater than that of non-connected DCSSWs. Nevertheless, the maximum strength of the DCSSWs with internal stiffeners is ultimately 4.5% greater than that of linked DCSSWs. Furthermore, a thicker, stiffer material results in higher maximum strength.

Keywords: double corrugated steel shear wall; DCSSW; strength and initial stiffness; IS; pushover curve; corrugated plates; hysteresis curve; flat plate; elastic buckling.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESMS.2026.153732

International Journal of Engineering Systems Modelling and Simulation, 2026 Vol.17 No.3, pp.159 - 171

Received: 06 Sep 2024
Accepted: 21 Jul 2025
Published online: 22 May 2026 *

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