A Design Method of the Multi-Story Precast Shear Wall

This study is aimed to develope the practical design method of the multi-story precast reinforced concrete shear walls which have precast panels in cast-in-place frames. In this paper, the first, the estimating method of the shear capacity based on the shear resistance mechanism is explained. Next, it is shown that the existence of new failure modes which were not observed in cases of cast-in-place shear walls are found from past studies. The last, the appropriateness of the proposed mechanism model is demonstrated from viewpoints of the maximum shear capacity and the monolithic structure by past experimental results, and a design method is proposed.