Abstract To avoid brittle collapse of reinforced concrete (RC) structures, RC elements such as beams, columns, and shear walls are invited to ensure a minimum level ductility. In this paper, an analytical method for predicting the curvature ductility factor confined columns is developed. The stress–strain model provided by Eurocode 2 adopted, effective lateral confining pressure calculated acco...

The application of ECC materials in major stress and energy dissipation regions prefabricated reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls to form ECC/RC combined can improve the seismic capacity structures. damage mechanism a 1/2-scale two-story spatial structure specimen wall under low cyclic loading is numerically simulated. By comparing numerical simulation results with experimental results, correc...

Dual systems of steel moment frame and reinforced concrete shear wall have combined the advantages of steel frames and reinforced concrete shear wall. These walls have increased the lateral stiffness of steel frames and have reduced seismic demands on steel frames thus providing opportunities to use such system. In this research intermediate dual system of steel moment frame was chosen with int...