| Title |
Analysis of Stress Variation According to Removal of Shear Wall At the Remodeling of Shear Wall Type Apartment |
| Authors |
Lee, Jae-Cheol ; Jung, Jong-Hyun ; Lim, Nam-Gi |
| Keywords |
Shear wall type apartment ; Remodeling ; Floor plan modification ; Removal of shear wall |
| Abstract |
The number of apartments has been increased, and it is time to activate the remodeling or reconstruction. Recently remodeling has been preferred to reconstruction, because reconstruction might cause many problems. At this point of time, remodeling could save resources, preserve environment, and expand the construction market places. However, most research for remodeling is aimed to improve the financial value, and structural effects being caused by floor plan modification has not been done yet quantitatively. Remodeling naturally brings to floor plan modification, and it can cause serious problems of structural side. So we made apartments an object of study, then analyzed stress variation of structural elements according to the removal of shear wall, supposing the floor plan modification. For this purpose, we selected a sample of universal apartment floor plan and extracted floor plan modification factors. Then we applied the factors to sample floor plan and organized the results of stress variation of structural elements. As results, walls are most harmful when the independent walls are removed, and in case of slabs, it is most critical when continuous walls are removed. |