Ultimate behaviour of reinforced concrete shear walls with octagonal openings

• Main Author: Hatami, Somaieh
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54721/1/SomaiehHatamiPFKA2015.pdf; http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/54721/; http://dms.library.utm.my:8080/vital/access/manager/Repository/vital:94670
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Malaysia

Reinforced concrete shear wall is an in-plane vertical structural component with an ability to resist both the gravity and lateral forces. It has a good behaviour in resisting the building structures in earthquakes. In tall buildings layout, shear wall configuration generally makes access difficult...