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WOS: 000286432400009, The lateral loads acting on high-rise reinforced concrete buildings are often resisted by specially arranged shear walls. Pierced shear walls weakened by doors, windows and corridors, necessitate particular attention, since they are highly indeterminate. In this study, the static analysis of non-planar pierced shear walls with yielded connections modelled as equivalent rotational springs is considered. To carry out a quick predesign of non-planar pierced shear walls, an elegant technique called Continuous Connection Technique (CCT) has been used in conjunction with Vlasov's theory of thin-walled beams. The governing differential equations, in the CCT, are the compatibility equations written for the vertical displacements at the midpoints of the connecting beams. There is a contribution pertaining to the semirigid beam-wall connections in these equations. The connecting beams are assumed to have the same properties and spacing along the entire height of the wall and all rotational springs have equal constants., Scientific Research Projects Units of Near East University; Akdeniz University, The financial support of the Scientific Research Projects Units of Near East University and Akdeniz University are gratefully acknowledged.

9th International Conference on Computational Structures Technology, CST 2008 --2 September 2008 through 5 September 2008 -- Athens -- This paper concerns itself with the static analysis of non-planar coupled shear walls with any number of stiffening beams. Furthermore, the change of the heights of the stories and connecting beams from region to region along the height are taken into consideration. The stiffening of coupled shear walls is realized by placing high connecting beams at the levels of whole or partial stories used as storage or service areas. The analysis is based on Vlasov's theory of thin-walled beams and Continuous Connection Method (CCM). In the analysis, the compatibility equation has been written at the midpoints of the connecting and stiffening beams. The method of analysis presented was compared with the SAP2000 structural analysis program. The results obtained showed good agreement, verifying the accuracy of the proposed method, which can efficiently be used for the predesign computations of tall buildings. © Civil-Comp Press, 2008.