Print Email Facebook Twitter Cyclic behavior of low rise concrete shear walls containing recycled coarse and fine aggregates Title Cyclic behavior of low rise concrete shear walls containing recycled coarse and fine aggregates Author Qiao, Qiyun (Beijing University of Technology) Cao, Wanlin (Beijing University of Technology) Qian, Zhiwei (TU Delft Railway Engineering) Li, Xiangyu (Beijing University of Technology) Zhang, Wenwen (Beijing University of Technology) Liu, Wenchao (Beijing University of Technology) Date 2017-12-07 Abstract In this study, the cyclic behaviors of low rise concrete shear walls using recycled coarse or fine aggregates were investigated. Eight low rise Recycled Aggregates Concrete (RAC) shear wall specimens were designed and tested under a cyclic loading. The following parameters were varied: replacement percentages of recycled coarse or fine aggregates, reinforcement ratio, axial force ratio and X-shaped rebars brace. The failure characteristics, hysteretic behavior, strength and deformation capacity, strain characteristics and stiffness were studied. Test results showed that the using of the Recycled Coarse Aggregates (RCA) and its replacement ratio had almost no influence on the mechanical behavior of the shear wall; however, the using of Recycled Fine Aggregates (RFA) had a certain influence on the ductility of the shear wall. When the reinforcement ratio increased, the strength and ductility also increased. By increasing the axial force ratio, the strength increased but the ductility decreased significantly. The encased brace had a significant effect on enhancing the RAC shear walls. The experimental maximum strengths were evaluated with existing design codes, it was indicated that the strength evaluation of the low rise RAC shear walls can follow the existing design codes of the conventional concrete shear walls. Subject Cyclic behaviorLow rise shear wallRecycled coarse aggregatesRecycled fine aggregatesStrength evaluation To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:7309d2be-9105-44a4-999d-dad3c0bc67d3 DOI https://doi.org/10.3390/ma10121400 ISSN 1996-1944 Source Materials, 10 (12), 1-22 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2017 Qiyun Qiao, Wanlin Cao, Zhiwei Qian, Xiangyu Li, Wenwen Zhang, Wenchao Liu Files PDF materials_10_01400_v2.pdf 2.14 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:7309d2be-9105-44a4-999d-dad3c0bc67d3/datastream/OBJ/view