Research Article

Influence of Opening Locations on the Structural Response of Shear Wall

Table 1

Material property of RC shear wall.

Material propertyMagnitude

Young’s modulus of concrete2.7 × 1010 kN/m2
Young’s modulus of steel2.0 × 1011 kN/m2
Poisson’s ratio of concrete0.100
Uniaxial compressive strength of concrete30 × 106 kN/m2
Tensile strength of concrete3 × 106 kN/m2
Ultimate crushing strain of concrete0.0035
Yield stress of steel50 × 107 kN/m2
Tension stiffening coefficient (0.6
Tension stiffening constant ()0.0020