Summary Prefabricated structure has prominent advantages such as easy control of construction quality, saving fabricating time and natural resources, and reducing environmental pollution and construction noise. The mostly used structural system in high‐rise buildings is reinforced concrete shear wall structure, which has high load capacity and lateral stiffness. Focusing on the connection of reinforcements, three T‐shaped partly prefabricated reinforced concrete shear walls and one cast‐in situ specimen in same dimensions as a control group are tested under low‐frequency cyclic loading to analyze their seismic performances in this paper. During the experiment, the axial compression ratio of specimens is fixed at 0.3, 0.4, and 0.5. Through the observation of phenomena and data analysis, hysteretic curve, skeleton curve, stiffness degradation, ductility, and load bearing capacity are compared and analyzed. The results show that partly prefabricated reinforced concrete shear wall has similar load bearing capacity with the cast in situ specimen, and it also has excellent ductility, stiffness, and energy‐dissipating capacity. The experimental results and analysis indicate that partly prefabricated reinforced concrete shear wall has outstanding seismic performances; under effective and reliable design, it can be used in building structures to play the same role as cast in situ components.
The dynamic stability of the moving viscoelastic plate with the piezoelectric layer is studied. On the basis of the thin plate theory and the two-dimensional viscoelastic differential constitutive relation, the differential equation of the axially moving viscoelastic rectangular plate with piezoelectric layer in the Laplace domain is formulated, the equation is suitable for various viscoelastic differential models. Then, the differential equation of motion of the viscoelastic plate with elastic dilatation and Kelvin-Voigt distortion in time domain is derived, with the piezoelectric effect. The complex eigenvalue equations of axially moving viscoelastic plate are established by the differential quadrature method. The generalized eigenvalue equations are solved, and the force excited by the piezoelectric layer due to external voltage is modeled as the follower tensile force; this force is used to improve the stability of the axially moving viscoelastic plate. Via numerical calculation, the results for the instability type and the corresponding critical moving speed of viscoelastic plate are presented to show the variations in these factors with respect to the dimensionless moving speed, the dimensionless delay time and the applied voltages. The dynamic stability of the axially moving viscoelastic plates can be effectively improved by the determination of the optimal location for the piezoelectric layers and the most favorable voltage assignment.
Summary Precast shear walls, as an environmentally friendly building system, have been vigorously developed in China. There are many vertical and horizontal joints on precast reinforced concrete shear wall system, which certainly have a significant effect on seismic performance of structures. In this paper, 3 L‐shaped precast reinforced concrete shear walls that were assembled by 2 precast parts through a middle cast‐in‐situ joint and a compared 1 completely cast‐in‐situ were tested under low frequency cyclic loading to investigate their seismic behaviors. The vertical distributed reinforcements in the three precast specimens were equivalently spliced by grouting sleeves arranged along the center line of the wall, and the horizontal reinforcements were directly anchored in cast‐in‐situ joints. The experimental results, including failure mode, yielding load and displacement, skeleton curve, energy dissipation, stiffness degradation, ductility, and so forth were presented in the paper. The results show that the precast specimens have similar bearing capacity whereas much better deformation capacity and ductility compared to the cast‐in‐situ specimen. Additionally, the experimental results of ultimate shear capacity of specimens were also compared with that of the calculation results. These results indicate that the tested precast shear walls have good and reliable seismic performance and can be used as a structural member in engineering projects.
Summary A series of new L‐shaped insulated concrete sandwich shear walls integrated with heat preservation function are tested for its seismic performance. Those specimens, partially excavated and filled with insulation materials, are made up of three precast specimens and one cast‐in‐situ specimen as a control group. For the three precast specimens, the vertical distributed reinforcements are equivalently spliced to the bottom beam by grouting sleeves arranged along the centerline of the wall, whereas for the compared specimen, they are directly cast‐in‐situ anchored. These specimens are tested under low frequency cyclic loading. The failure mode, yielding load and displacement, skeleton curve, energy dissipation, stiffness degradation, ductility, and so forth, are recorded and analyzed. The result shows that the precast specimens have similar bearing capacity and much better deformation capacity and ductility than that of the control group in this experiment. This indicates that the seismic performance of the proposed L‐shaped insulated concrete sandwich shear wall is desirable and generally meets the requirements of both function and safety, thus can be used as structural elements in practice. The methods in Chinese design code and American Concrete Institute code are adopted to calculate the ultimate shear capacity of this precast insulation shear wall, and it is found that the tested result is larger than the calculated one, indicating the calculation method is reliable.
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