Ductility Calculation of Prefabricated Shear Wall with Rabbet-Unbond Horizontal Connection

Abstract EN

Considering the effect of confined end-zone and unbonded reinforcement, the yield curvature and ultimate curvature of rabbet-unbond horizontal connection (RHC) shear wall were calculated.

Based on the curvature calculation result, the yield displacement and ultimate displacement were calculated using displacement superposition, which were compared with test values.

The result showed that theoretical values were slightly smaller than test values; however, on the whole, both were in good agreement.

The author studied the effect of unbonded reinforcement on yield displacement and ultimate displacement, and the result showed that the effect on ultimate displacement is more pronounced than yield displacement.

The present work could be useful for the design of new prefabricated shear wall.