An investigation of Strength and Deformation Behavior on Shale Ceramsite Concrete Shear Walls

With cyclic quasi-static tests, the strength and deformation behaviors of five shale ceramsite concrete shear walls specimens were studied, the effect of height-width ratios and reinforcement ratios of shear walls were considered. The failure feature, strength, deformation behaviors of shale ceramsite concrete shear walls were analyzed after the test. Analytical result indicates that, the shale ceramsite concrete shear walls have good strength and deformation behavior and it can meet the requirements of the structure seismic. The calculation formula of resistance moment and the relationship between curvature ductility ratio and displacement ductility ratio were established for shale ceramsite concrete shear walls and the calculate results were compared with test results.