Macro-Modeling of Reinforced Concrete Structural Walls: State-of-the-Art |
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| Authors: | Yun-Tian Wu Tian-Qing Lan Yan Xiao Yeong-Bin Yang |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, Chinayuntianw@cqu.edu.cn;3. School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China;4. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Southern California, California, USA;5. Key Laboratory of New Technology for Construction of Cities in Mountain Area, Ministry of Education, School of Civil Engineering, Chongqing University, Chongqing, China |
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| Abstract: | During the past decades, various analytical macroscopic models of structural walls have been developed for simulating the seismic behavior of reinforced concrete (RC) walls. Due to the inherently complicated characteristics of RC walls, macroscopic models that can capture all the important response characteristics with good accuracy and applicability are very challenging to establish. A thorough review of the four main types of mathematical macro models of RC walls, i.e., the vertical-line-element-model, the 2-D shear panel element model, the equivalent truss model and the fiber-based model, is presented to discuss the methodology behind each model and examine the corresponding merits and disadvantages. Suggestions are also made for the further research of the macro modeling of structural walls. |
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| Keywords: | Reinforced Concrete Wall Macro Model Nonlinear Analysis |
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