Initial stiffness of reinforced concrete structural walls with irregular openings

• Main Authors: Li, Bing, Chen, Qin
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95262; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8483
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Reinforced concrete (RC) structural walls with openings are the primary lateral-load-carrying elements utilized in many structures designed to resist earthquakes. A review of the technical literature shows that there is a considerable amount of uncertainty with regards to the elastic stiffness...