SIMPLIFIED ELASTO-PLASTIC ANALYSIS OF COUPLED SHEAR WALLS.

Keywords: SIMPLIFIED, ELASTOPLASTIC, ANALYSIS, SHEAR, WALLS, COUPLED, APPROXIMATE, METHODS, CONTINUUM, NON LINEAR, BEHAVIOUR, LATERAL, LOADS, STIFFENED, PLASTIC, HINGES, COUPLING, BEAMS, ENDS, EQUIVALENT, CONTINUOUS, CONNECTIONS, MEDIUM, MOMENTS, ULTIMATE, VALUE, TECHNIQUES, LIMITS, ZONES, DISTRIBUTION, LAMINAR, ELASTIC, REGIONS, SOLUTIONS, CASES, UNIFORM, TRIANGULAR, POINTS, TOP, ACCURACY, STRUCTURES, CONNECTING, THREE ZONE, UPPER, LOWER, CENTRAL, TWO ZONE, DUCTILITY, YIELDING, COMBINATIONS