EVALUATION OF NON-STRUCTURAL WALLS IN EXISTING RC BUILDINGS BY STEPWISE STRENGTH LOSS ANALYSIS

Abstract

In existing mid-rise RC buildings, there are many non-structural walls. Non-structural walls are generally thought to be collapsed early, and be with strength reduction. Static nonlinear analysis considering strength reduction is conducted in part by research, but it is not established. In view of this, as a relatively simple static nonlinear analysis method considering strength reduction, “stepwise strength loss analysis” is proposed and examined.