Nonlinear Behavior of U Shaped Reinforced-Concrete Shear Walls Under Different Horizontal Loads

WOS: 000454770500007Reinforced-concrete shear walls have significant importance in terms of limiting floor displacements under the effects of horizontal loads. It has been determined that in earthquake zones reinforced-concrete shear walls are effective in increasing safety of a construction and decreasing the damage of non-structural elements by restraining displacements. In the current study, nonlinear behavior of U shaped reinforced-concrete shear walls are investigated by performing nonlinear analysis under the effect of ten different types of horizontal loads. Deformation behaviors, load-displacement curves and moment-curvature relations of reinforced-concrete shear walls are also shown in the study