Seismic Performance Assessment of Multi-Storey Buildings with Cold Formed Steel Shear Wall Systems

I hereby declare that I am the sole author of this thesis. This is a true copy of the thesis, including any required final revisions, as accepted by my examiners. I understand that my thesis may be made electronically available to the public. iii AKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to express my sincere appreciation to my supervisors, Prof. Lei Xu and Prof. D.E. Grierson, for their support, guidance, and many hours of supervision required to complete this research. Their knowledge in the subjects involved in this research played an important role in the completion of this research.