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Title: Nonlinear response of plain concrete shear walls with elastic-damaging behavior

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/437692· OSTI ID:437692

This report summarizes the theoretical and computational efforts on the modeling of small scale shear walls. Small scale shear walls are used extensively in the study of shear wall behavior because the construction and testing of full size walls are rather expensive. A finite element code is developed which incorporates nonlinear constitutive relations of damage mechanics. The program is used to obtain nonlinear load-deformation curves and to address the initial loss of stiffness due to shrinkage cracking. The program can also be used to monitor the continuous degradation of the fundamental frequency due to progressive damage.

Research Organization:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States); New Mexico Univ., Albuquerque, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
Department of Defense, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
W-7405-ENG-36
OSTI ID:
437692
Report Number(s):
LA-SUB-93-229; ON: DE97003303; TRN: 97:001232
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: [1997]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English