An innovative bolt-connected precast concrete (PC) shear wall structural system has recently been proposed for middle and high-rise buildings in seismic regions. As a further research step, this paper aims to investigate the seismic behavior of PC coupled shear wall with different types of dissipative coupling beams. The quasi-static cyclic tests on two PC coupled shear wall specimens with friction-based coupling beam (FCB) and yielding-based coupling beam (YCB) were conducted. Moreover, nonlinear finite element models of the specimens were established and validated with the experimental results. The results demonstrated that the proposed dissipative coupling beams can effectively couple the wall panels in elastic field, whilst they can sustain large plastic deformation adding to the structural assembly a relevant source of energy dissipation under thresholded actions. Whilst the specimen with YCB exhibited large overstrength in plastic field, the specimen with FCB provided a more stable plateau capacity associated to enhanced deformation capacity, ductility and energy dissipation. Moreover, the FCB resulted practically undamaged and immediately reusable at the end of the test, whilst the YCB was found highly plasticized and locally torn. In addition, the detailed finite element models of the test specimens accurately predicted the experimental behavior.
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A novel structural system based on precast reinforced concrete (RC) shear wall panels mutually connected vertically using T-connectors and horizontally using friction-bearing devices (FBDs) mounted on interposed steel columns was recently proposed. To investigate the seismic performance of the proposed precast RC shear wall system, three subassembly specimens simulating a single construction modulus were constructed and tested by considering different slot length and numbers of FBDs under quasi-static cyclic loading. Ductile flexural failure at drift of around 4.2% and load of around 265 kN was attained for both specimens with long-slot FBDs, while shear failure after moderate flexural ductility was attained at drift of around 3.8% and higher load of around 368.3 kN for specimens with short-slot FBDs, showing not-direct dependence of the load capacity on the number of FBDs installed. However, the higher number of FBDs allowed for higher hysteretic damping with a 27.3% increase in dissipated energy through cycles.
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