Abstract
A concrete shear wall system is an ideal structural system that can effectively resist large horizontal cyclic loads such as earthquakes. In particular, a significant increase of the ductility in fiber reinforced concrete shear walls can prevent a brittle failure and thus can enhance seismic resisting capacity significantly. This study investigated the shear resisting capacity of shear wall specimens, which are constructed with steel fibers or polyamide fibers reinforced concrete, by comparing hysteresis curves obtained from reversal cyclic tests. The shear resisting force in the steel fiber reinforced concrete specimen was larger than those in plain and polyamide fiber reinforced concrete specimens, but the increase was not great. The shear resisting capacity of the polyamide fiber reinforced concrete specimen was larger than that of plain concrete specimen, but smaller than that of steel fiber reinforced concrete specimen.
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