Experimental Study of Recycled Brick Aggregate Concrete Short-leg Shear Wall

Two short-leg shear wall specimen of recycled concrete with clay brick aggregate and a common reinforced concrete short-leg shear wall contrast specimen were designed; the parameters (size, reinforcement ratio and axial compression ratio) of the specimen are the same. The stress and deformation behavior of the specimen were tested under low cyclic reversed loading, the bearing capacity, stiffness, ductility, energy dissipation capacity and failure pattern of the specimen were also compared and analyzed. Results show that the bearing capacity of recycled brick aggregate concrete short-leg shear wall specimen was lower than that of the common reinforced concrete short-leg shear wall specimen in the same reinforcement ratio and axial compression ratio, the ductility and energy dissipation capacity were also reduced. Short-leg shear wall of recycled concrete with brick aggregate can be used in seismic structures.