[ Building Structures and Materials ]

Journal of Asian Architecture and Building Engineering - Vol. 15, No. 3, pp.565-572

ISSN: 1346-7581 (Print) 1347-2852 (Online)

Print publication date 30 Sep 2016

Received 06 Oct 2015 Accepted 20 Jul 2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3130/jaabe.15.565

Analysis of Coupled RC Shear/Core Walls by Macro Model

Huanjun Jiang¹ ; Yu Wang^*^{, 2}

1Professor, State Key Laboratory of Disaster Reduction in Civil Engineering, Tongji University China
2Engineer, Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd. China

Correspondence to: ^*Yu Wang, Engineer, Tongji Architectural Design (Group) Co., Ltd., 1230 Siping Road, Shanghai 200092, China Tel: +86-21-65986151 Fax: +86-21-65982668 E-mail: deanwy9128@163.com

Abstract

A modified macro numerical model for coupled RC shear/core walls is proposed to better consider the deformation compatibility between the coupling beam and the wall element and to incorporate the out-of-plane effect of the wall panel. In this model, the three-dimensional macro shear wall element model with distributed shear springs and out-of-plane freedom is adopted to simulate the wall unit; a one-dimensional line element consisting of three sub-units in series based on the vertical deformation compatibility is adopted to simulate the coupling beam. The case study shows that a numerical model based on the vertical deformation compatibility results in more accurate simulation of the mechanical behavior of the RC coupled shear wall. The modified model developed in this study has the advantages of fast calculation and high precision, which makes the model appropriate for engineering application.

Keywords:

coupled RC shear wall, deformation compatibility, macro model, beam-wall joint rotation

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