Precast reinforced concrete shear walls: State of the art review

Expeditious urbanization and population rise around the globe has fostered the need of speedy and efficient construction, thus generating immense pressure on the construction industry to introduce an efficacious construction technique. The issue can be addressed by precast technology, which is advan...

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Published in:Structural concrete : journal of the FIB 2019-06, Vol.20 (3), p.886-898
Main Authors: Singhal, Shubham, Chourasia, Ajay, Chellappa, Shermi, Parashar, Jalaj
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aseismic buildings
Concrete construction
Construction costs
Construction industry
Earthquake damage
Earthquake resistance
joint connections
Lateral loads
post‐tensioning
precast buildings
Precast concrete
precast RC wall
Prefabricated buildings
Quality control
Reinforced concrete
seismic behavior
Seismic engineering
Seismic response
shear wall
Shear walls
State-of-the-art reviews
Tensioning
Urbanization
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Summary:Expeditious urbanization and population rise around the globe has fostered the need of speedy and efficient construction, thus generating immense pressure on the construction industry to introduce an efficacious construction technique. The issue can be addressed by precast technology, which is advantageous over conventional monolithic construction in regards to speed, safety, and quality control along with reduced construction cost on mass scale production. However, precast reinforced concrete (RC) buildings have experienced severe damage during the past earthquakes, attributed to seismic behavior of connections between components. Thus, it is of utmost importance to improve the joint connection details and deploy seismic resisting features in precast buildings, such as provision of precast shear walls. Researchers across the world have performed extensive experimental studies to evaluate the response of precast RC walls under lateral loading. This paper reviews on general concepts, codal provisions, precast RC wall connections, review of experimental findings, and effect of post‐tensioning on precast RC walls.
ISSN:1464-4177
1751-7648
DOI:10.1002/suco.201800129