Abstract
In this paper, the aseismic capacity of medium or low rise reinforced concrete buildings with asymmetric shear walls in plan is discussed on the basis that the steady-state resonance of the predominant torsional vibration of them is able to be regarded as an ultimate state. Asymmetrically arranged shear walls are assumed to resist the lateral load statically through their shear capacity at the torsional center, and long columns are assumed to resist the torsional vibration through the energy of their Q-δ hysteretic damping. These ideas are given by the combination of the author's previous papers, which dealt with the aseismic capacity of the reinforced concrete rigid frames with and without shear walls. In the Last chapter, an example of the application of the procedures mentioned above to the real reinforced concrete structures with asymmetric shear walls is discussed. Furthermore, the checking procedures of the aseismic capacity of medium or low rise general reinforced concrete building are given as an appendix.
