Shaking Table Test of RC Frame-Shear Wall Structures with Partial Columns Sliding at Upper Ends
A new kind of RC frame-shear wall structures with partial columns sliding at upper ends is proposed in this paper. A shaking table test of this new kind of structure model (Model B) and a conventional frame shear-wall structure Model (Model A) were carried out, and the plan layout and the member size of the two models are nearly identical. The two models are 3-story and 2-bay by 2-bay, and the second story of either structure is weak story. The test results showed that: (1) under the same intense earthquake, the damage of Model B is slighter than that of Model A; and (2) under the same intense earthquake, the interstory drift angle, the acceleration and the shear force of weak story of Model B are reduced remarkably in comparison to Model A.