International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development-– Volume 3 - Issue 4, July - Aug 2020 Available at www.ijsred.com ISSN : 2581-7175 ©IJSRED: All Rights are Reserved Page 1394 A Review on Seismic Behavior of Irregular Building Due To Position of Shear Wall Rishabh Srivastava*, Rajiv Banerjee** *Department of Civil Engineering, Integral University, Lucknow Email: cerishabhsrivastava@gmail.com **Department of Civil Engineering, Integral University Email: rajeev2009banerjee@gmail.com Abstract: Shear wall is a vital part of a high rise building. The main reason behind this is - shear wall induces lateral stiffness to the high rise building. The lateral stiffness of the building is responsible for the strength of the building against lateral force, e.g. – Earthquake, Wind Forces. In this paper, a review is made on the literatures which are related to the functioning of shear wall. The functioning of shear wall is greatly defined by its location in the building. The paper presents a review on various literatures related to the location of shear wall which is in a way, responsible for the functioning of shear wall. Keywords – Shear Wall, Dynamic Analysis, Response Spectrum Analysis, Time History Analysis I. INTRODUCTION Fig. 1 Shear Wall in Building Shear wall is a very important element as it provides lateral stiffness to the high rise building. Lateral stiffness is that property of a high rise building which is responsible for resisting the lateral forces like earthquake, wind etc. The lateral stiffness depends on the location of the shear wall in a building at a great extent. Although not only location but other factors like thickness and shape are also some of the important determining factors for defining the efficiency of shear wall against the lateral forces. But the major factor is the location of shear wall in the building. In the paper, the following section elaborates various points related to functioning of shear wall which are stated by various authors. II. REVIEW OF LITERATURE A. Mario De Stefano & Barbara Pintucchi (2007) The paper presents an overview of the progress in research regarding seismic response of plan and vertically irregular building structures. Three areas of research are surveyed. The first is the study of the effects of plan-irregularity by means of single-storey RESEARCH ARTICLE OPEN ACCESS