AN EXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON 6-STORY R/C STRUCTURE WITH MULTI-STORY SHEAR WALL : Lateral force carried by the columns and wall in the first story

Abstract

In order to study what amount of lateral force and varied axial force are carried by the wall frame in reinforce concrete buildings with multi-story shear wall and how the rigidity at the bottom of the wall frame affect the amount of them, a pseudo-dynamic test with 2-span-1-bay-6-story reinforced concrete structure with a multi-story shear wall was conducted with the parameter of the rigidity at the bottom of the wall frame. In this paper, the test results were discussed with the numerically calculated strengths in terms of lateral force carried by the wall frame, lateral force distribution mode, and the equivalent height of the specimen and the wall frame.