EXPERIMENT ON ANTI-SEISMIC BEHAVIOR OF LIGHT GAUGE STEEL REINFORCED CONCRETE SHEAR WALL

Based on demanding of a industry policy and economical energy source in our country, multi-story masonry have been limited in cities. Therefore, a new kind of structure-light gauge steel reinforced concrete shear wall is suggested herein instead of brick masonry. Five light gauge steel reinforced concrete shear walls subjected to cyclic loading are experimented. And the seismic behaviors, such as bearing capacity, failure pattern, hysteretic property, energy dissipation, ductility and declining stiffness of light gauge steel reinforced concrete shear wall, are analyzed by the experiments. Research results indicate that this structure has good forced behavior, which can meet the aseismic requirements.