WALLSTRUCTURE.PDF

th The 14 World Conference on Earthquake Engineering October 12-17, 2008, Beijing, China SHAING TABLE EXPERIMENTAL STUDY TO RC SHORT LIMB SHEAR WALL STRUCTURE 1 2 3 Junming Zhou , Yong Zhou and Jie Li 1 Ph.D. Candidate , School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai. China 2 Ph.D., School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai. China 3 Professor, School of Civil Engineering, Tongji University , Shanghai. China Email:zhoujunming2001@163.com ABSTRACT : Following the prototype of a 12-storey residential building, a 1/10 scaled model of RC short limb shear wall structure was designed and constructed. And the seismic resistant behavior of the model was experimentally evaluated on the shaking table with three different stages. According to the site condition and seismic background, two natural and an artificial earthquake waves with varied peak values were employed as the input excitations. The natural frequency and dynamic responses including acceleration, displacement, shear force and torsion displacement were obtained through the measured data. The experimental results indicate that the building has good seismic performance, and is suitable for being applied in regions with the seismic fortification intensity of 7. Based on the experiment, some suggestions are given for the design of the prototype building. Short limb shear wall, High rise building, Shaking table test, Seismic performance, KEYWORDS: Dynamic