Abstract
The shear walls with a U or L shaped section are commonly employed in building structure to resist the forces imposed by earthquakes. An approximate method for analysis of space-frame with open-section shear walls subjected to lateral loading was presented in the authors' previous paper. The proposed method is an extension of Dr. Muto's D-value method for three dimensional analysis of buildings with open:section shear walls. In this paper, [D]-value matrix of open-section shear walls supported on elastic foundations is derived.
