ABSTRACT
Steel plate shear wall system is a type of efficient lateral resistant system, which was developed in the 1970s. It consists of infill steel plate and boundary frame members. The infill steel plate can be connected with the boundary frame members by bolts or welding (Guo 2009). Infill steel plate is a lateral resistant member in steel plate shear wall system, which provides the primary lateral strength and energy dissipation (Clayton, Berman & Lowes 2015). It protects the main frame structure and damages before the main frame structure as the first line of defense and improves the collapseresistant capacity of the structure.
