Abstract
A macroscopic model, macro plate model, was proposed to represent a wall member of RC walls. Both in-plane and out-of-plane behavior were considered for numerical derivations of macro plate model. For out-of-plane behavior, bending deformation was incorporated with shear deformation to consider out-of-plane deformation as same as in-plane behavior. The hysteretic behavior of macro plate model can be directly expressed by stress-strain relationships in any conventional hysteretic rules, which have been proposed by other researchers, for member level. Unless nonlinear analysis of RC walls was proposed in case of earthquake, macro plate model can be proposed for nonlinear analysis of those in case of wind and tsunami by converting distributed force to nodal force.
