This study delved into the shear and sliding performances of RC shear walls subjected to
combined axial tension and lateral shear, which may occur at the bottom of high-rise …

Reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls with a curved cross-section are appealing structural
elements to architects and engineers due to the aesthetic and structural advantages. Owing …

Backbone curves are used to characterize nonlinear responses of structural elements by
simplifying the cyclic force–deformation relationships. Accurate modeling of cyclic behavior …

Numerous models to predict the shear strength of reinforced concrete structural walls have
been proposed in the literature. Evaluation of the predictive performance of new models …

The underlying premise of the ASCE 7-10 and ACI 318-14 provisions is that special
structural walls satisfying the provisions of ACI 318-14, Sections 18.10. 6.2 through 18.10 …

Performance of reinforced concrete (RC) walls in recent laboratory tests and in recent strong
earthquakes has revealed that thin wall boundaries are susceptible to concrete crushing …

Structural seismic resilience society has been grown rapidly in the past three decades.
Extensive probabilistic techniques have been developed to address uncertainties from …

Curved reinforced concrete shear walls (CRCSWs) not only are capable of offering both the
stiffness and strength in any arbitrary horizontal direction, but can also ful ll some of the …

Reinforced concrete structural walls are a widely used structural system in modern
construction in regions where strong ground shaking is likely to occur. For performance …

High demolition rates were observed in New Zealand after the 2010-2011 Canterbury
Earthquake Sequence despite the success of modern seismic design standards to achieve …