Seismic behaviour and design code provisions for predicting the capacity of ductile slender reinforced masonry shear walls

2020 ◽  
Vol 222 ◽  
pp. 110992
Author(s):  
B.R. Robazza ◽  
S. Brzev ◽  
T.Y. Yang ◽  
K.J. Elwood ◽  
D.L. Anderson ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Shear Walls ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Reinforced Masonry ◽  
Code Provisions

scholarly journals Experimental Investigation into the Seismic Performance of Prefabricated Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls with Vertical Joint Connections

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (10) ◽  
pp. 4421
Author(s):  
Zhiming Zhang ◽  
Fenglai Wang
Keyword(s):  
Seismic Performance ◽  
Cross Sections ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
Construction Method ◽  
Shear Capacity ◽  
Initial Stiffness ◽  
Equivalent Viscous Damping ◽  
Displacement Ductility ◽  
Reinforced Masonry ◽  
Cracking Performance

In this study, four single-story reinforced masonry shear walls (RMSWs) (two prefabricated and two cast-in-place) under reversed cyclic loading were tested to evaluate their seismic performance. The aim of the study was to evaluate the shear behavior of RMSWs with flanges at the wall ends as well as the effect of construction method. The test results showed that all specimens had a similar failure mode with diagonal cracking. However, the crack distribution was strongly influenced by the construction method. The lateral capacity of the prefabricated walls was 12% and 27% higher than that of the corresponding cast-in-place walls with respect to the rectangular and T-shaped cross sections. The prefabricated walls showed better post-cracking performance than did the cast-in-place wall. The secant stiffness of all the walls decreased rapidly to approximately 63% of the initial stiffness when the first major diagonal crack was observed. The idealized equivalent elastic-plastic system showed that the prefabricated walls had a greater displacement ductility of 3.2–4.8 than that of the cast-in-place walls with a displacement ductility value of 2.3–2.7. This proved that the vertical joints in prefabricated RMSWs enhanced the seismic performance of walls in shear capacity and ductility. In addition, the equivalent viscous damping of the specimens ranged from 0.13 to 0.26 for prefabricated and cast-in-place walls, respectively.

Seismic assessment of existing RC shear walls non-compliant with current code provisions

2013 ◽  
Vol 65 (17) ◽  
pp. 1059-1072 ◽  
Author(s):  
Konstantinos Christidis ◽  
Emmanouil Vougioukas ◽  
Konstantinos G. Trezos
Keyword(s):  
Shear Walls ◽  
Seismic Assessment ◽  
Current Code ◽  
Code Provisions

Behaviour of slender concrete shear walls with high-strength reinforcement under reversed cyclic loading.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nima Aghniaey ◽  
Murat Saatcioglu ◽  
Hassan Aoude
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
High Strength ◽  
Shear Wall ◽  
Analytical Investigation ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Drift Capacity ◽  
Lateral Drift ◽  
Experimental Findings ◽  
Reversed Cyclic

Research on seismic behaviour of shear walls with high-strength steel is limited. A combined experimental and analytical investigation was conducted to assess seismic behaviour of flexure-dominant shear walls. A large-scale concrete shear wall with Grade 690 MPa (ASTM A1035) reinforcement and 84 MPa concrete was tested under simulated seismic loading. The wall was a ¼ -scale of a 6-storey shear wall, with 4.53 m height and 1.45 m length. It sustained a lateral drift of 1.8% prior to developing failure due to the rupturing of longitudinal reinforcement. This is 35% less than the drift capacity of a companion wall reinforced with 400 MPa reinforcement tested earlier. VecTor2 software was used to conduct an analytical parametric study to expand the experimental findings. The results indicate that the reinforcement grade has a significant impact on strength, ductility and hysteretic behaviour of shear walls.

Out-of-Plane Performance of Reinforced Masonry Shear Walls Constructed with Boundary Elements

2019 ◽  
Vol 145 (8) ◽  
pp. 04019073 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tarek El-Hashimy ◽  
Mohamed Ezzeldin ◽  
Michael Tait ◽  
Wael El-Dakhakhni
Keyword(s):  
Shear Walls ◽  
Boundary Elements ◽  
Reinforced Masonry ◽  
Out Of Plane

scholarly journals Determination of Period of RC Buildings by the Ambient Vibration Method

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Mehmet Inel ◽  
Hayri Baytan Ozmen ◽  
Bayram Tanik Cayci
Keyword(s):  
Natural Vibration ◽  
Dynamic Properties ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
Vibration Signal ◽  
Analytical Models ◽  
Ambient Vibration ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Infill Wall ◽  
Infill Walls ◽  
Vibration Period

Determining the dynamic properties of structures is important for understanding their seismic behaviour. Ambient vibration signal measurement is one of the approaches used to determine the period of structures. Advantages of this method include the possibility of taking real-time records and presenting nondestructive and rapid solutions. In this study, natural vibration periods are calculated by taking ambient vibration signal records from 40 buildings. The height of the building, infill wall effect, presence of seismic retrofit, and presence of damage are taken into consideration, and their effects on natural vibration periods are investigated. Moreover, the results are compared with the analytical methods to reveal the differences. A significant correlation between the period and height of the building is observed. It is seen that the natural vibration periods of the buildings decrease by 7% to 30% (15% on average) due to infill wall contribution. However, the efficiency of infill walls decreases as the building height increases. Another significant result is that adding shear walls substantially decreases the vibration period values by 23% to 33% with respect to the shear wall ratio. When the analytical estimates and measured building period results are compared, it is seen that analytical models have closer period estimates before infill walls are implemented. The limited data in scope of the study suggest that significant differences may present in the analytical and measured periods of the buildings due to infill wall contributions.

Nonlinear modelling and seismic behaviour of precast concrete structures with steel shear walls

2016 ◽  
Vol 49 (4) ◽  
pp. 293-304
Author(s):  
Farhad Behnamfar ◽  
Rafeek Artoonian ◽  
Mehdi Ghandil
Keyword(s):  
Precast Concrete ◽  
Shear Walls ◽  
Structural System ◽  
Concrete Frames ◽  
Seismic Behaviour ◽  
Fem Model ◽  
Shell Elements ◽  
Connection Type ◽  
Nonlinear Static ◽  
Good Agreement

A new structural system consisting of precast concrete frames and steel shear walls (SSW's) is introduced and studied numerically in this paper. Two different models, first using ''exact'' FEM and second using approximate equivalent strip model (ESM), are utilized for analysis of such a system with nonlinear static (pushover) procedure. In the FEM model use is made of shell elements while the ESM benefits from simple links that replace the wall panels in the model and are oriented such that they work in tension. Because of good agreement observed between the results of the models in smaller structures, for taller buildings only the ESM approach is followed where computationally applying the FEM approach is impractical. The lateral behaviour of the systems under consideration is investigated with regard to parameters such as number of stories and beam-column connection type. As a result, the ductility, overstrength and response modification factors are calculated for this new structural system as quantities required for their practical design.

Canadian Bridge Design Code Provisions for Fiber-Reinforced Structures

2000 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Baidar Bakht ◽  
George Al-Bazi ◽  
Nemy Banthia ◽  
Moe Cheung ◽  
Marie-Anne Erki ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Design Code ◽  
Bridge Design ◽  
Code Provisions
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