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Focusing on the combined effects of the horizontal reinforcement ratio and the structural size on the seismic performance of BFRP reinforced concrete (BFRP-RC) shear walls, the present study experimented on six shear walls with different structural sizes up to 1800 mm × 1800 mm × 240 mm (length × height × thickness) having various horizontal reinforcement ratios of 0.25% and 0.50%. From the experiment, it is concluded that: (1) the failure modes of the specimens with horizontal reinforcement ratios of 0.25% and 0.50% are mainly shear failure and compressive-shear failure, respectively. (2) When the length of the specimen increases from 600 mm to 1800 mm, the nominal cracking, elastic and shear strength of shear walls with the horizontal reinforcement ratio of 0.25% (resp. 0.50%) decreases by 66% (resp. 59%), 30% (resp. 29%) and 28% (resp. 24%), respectively. The results demonstrate that the size effect on the BFRP-RC shear wall is significant. Meanwhile, the ductility coefficients decreased by 19% (resp. 22%), and energy dissipation coefficients decreased by 39% (resp. 18%). (3) When the horizontal reinforcement ratio increases from 0.25% to 0.50%, the nominal shear strength of specimens with lengths of 600 mm, 1200 mm and 1800 mm increases by 14%, 15% and 19%. It is worth noting that the size effect is significantly suppressed with the increase of horizontal reinforcement ratios. Besides, the good consistency found between the experiments and the size effect law proposed by Jin et al. allows the validation of the accuracy and rationality of the size effect law. © 2023 Elsevier Ltd
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Engineering Structures
ISSN: 0141-0296
Year: 2023
Volume: 295
5 . 5 0 0
JCR@2022
ESI Discipline: ENGINEERING;
ESI HC Threshold:19
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