Seismic performance of squat UHPC shear walls subjected to high-compression shear combined cyclic load

YY Li, JG Nie, R Ding, JS Fan - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Cyclic tests of five UHPC squat shear walls and one high-strength concrete counterpart were
carried out in this study to investigate the seismic performance of UHPC shear walls with …

Quasi-static tests of squat reinforced concrete shear walls with openings

G Xu, L Zheng, W Zhou, C Zhai, D Wang - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Due to the high level of stiffness and strength, Squat Reinforced Concrete Shear Walls
(SRCSWs) with or without openings are frequently utilized in various types of buildings …

Shear failure of geometrically similar RC shear walls: Mesoscopic modellings and analysis

L Jin, L Miao, X Du - Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforced concrete (RC) shear wall often exhibits a brittle failure pattern, which may
present an obvious size effect. The objective of this study is to explore the size effect on RC …

[HTML][HTML] Core versus surface sensors for reinforced concrete structures: A comparison of fiber-optic strain sensing to conventional instrumentation

R Hoult, A Bertholet, JP de Almeida - Sensors, 2023 - mdpi.com
High-resolution distributed reinforcement strain measurements can provide invaluable
information for developing and evaluating numerical and analytical models of reinforced …

Cyclic behavior of hollow-core precast shear walls subjected to different axial loads

Y Li, Z Li, Z Tang, L Xu, W Wang, X Yang, Y Chen - Engineering Structures, 2023 - Elsevier
To avoid the brittle failure of low aspect ratio shear walls, a novel hollow-core precast shear
wall (HCPSW) with boundary elements is proposed. HCPSW has good collapse resistance …

Parametric studies on seismic performance of new precast braced concrete shear walls under cyclic loading

YC Tang, HN Li, C Li - Journal of Structural Engineering, 2023 - ascelibrary.org
A new precast concrete (PC) shear wall system with diagonal-shaped or cross-shaped
concealed bracing was developed and experimentally validated, owning sufficient energy …

[HTML][HTML] Numerical simulation of failure behavior of reinforced concrete shear walls by a micropolar peridynamic model

F Shen, Z Chen, J Zheng, Q Zhang - Materials, 2023 - mdpi.com
A reinforced concrete shear wall is an important building structure. Once damage occurs, it
not only causes great losses to various properties but also seriously endangers people's …

Experimental and theoretical study on seismic behavior of non-seismically designed shear walls with moderate shear span-to-length ratios

K Liang, RKL Su - Journal of Building Engineering, 2023 - Elsevier
This study aims to examine the seismic performance of non-seismically designed shear wall
with moderate shear span-to-length ratios (SLR) under relatively high axial loads. Four wall …

Dynamic contribution of CFRP strips to CFRP-strengthened RC shear walls

L Jin, B Zhang, F Chen, X Du - International Journal of Mechanical …, 2023 - Elsevier
For accurately simulating the dynamic mechanical behavior of CFRP-strengthened RC
shear wall, a three-dimensional numerical model was proposed in the present study to …

[HTML][HTML] Experimental Study and Finite Element Modelling of Squat Shear Walls under Combined Cyclic Loads and High Axial Loads

C Jin, Y Su, Z Pan, S Meng - Buildings, 2023 - mdpi.com
Experimental observations on three reinforced concrete shear walls with small shear span-
to-depth ratio (SDR) under combined high vertical axial load and horizontal cyclic loads are …