Seismic Behavior of Thin Shear Wall without Demoulding

Through a pseudo-static test of the thin shear wall without demoulding in the building lab, the whole fracture process of the wall is observed, and the capacity, stiffness, ductility, energy characteristics and failure feature are obtained. On that basis, the numerical simulation is performed with the shear wall model through FEA, also which is compared with the experimental data. At last, it is shown that using cold-draw steel wires can effectively control the development of cracks, increase the wholeness of the wall, as the same time it is helpful for decreasing the minimum of wall thickness and satisfying the seismic behavior.