Earthquake Resistant Design of Shear Walls with an Opening

Abstract

Shear walls with an opening have been designed according to the AI J standard for structural calculation of reinforced concrete structures using allowable stresses of materials. On the other hand, some effective reinforcement details have been developed by current research works, the purpose of which was to develop a new and rational design method. This paper reports the outline of the earthquake resistant design of shear walls with an opening according to the design method on ultimate capacity, and the experimental data. The examples of arrangement of shear reinforcement and peripheral reinforcement around the opening are also shown.