Failure mode in shear and evaluation of deformation capacity after flexural yielding for reinforced concrete shear wall

The shear failure of reinforced concrete shear wall brought by diagonal strut inside of wall panel can be classified into two types regardless of before or after flexural yielding: 1) shear failure of wall panel; and 2) compression failure of concrete at the bottom of boundary column. In reinforced concrete shear wall, transition of neutral axis which has greatly effects on the shear strength under plastic deformation is not considered in evaluation of deformation capacity on present standards. This paper presented a method to evaluate the deformation capacity of reinforced concrete shear walls considering failure mode based on following assumptions: 1) area of compression field is being reduced in accordance with increasing plastic deformation; and 2) shear failure occurs when the stress of the compression field reaches to the compressive strength of concrete at the wall panel or boundary column. The presented method was verified by applying to 33 test results; however, evaluation of confined effect by the boundary columns and ultimate strain of concrete should be considered.