Meng Guo

Experimental Study on Mechanical Properties of Improved Multi-Grid Composite Wall

Two types of improved multi-grid composite wall called point contact multi-grid composite wall and light-steel skeleton multi-grid composite wall were proposed in this paper. In order to study the mechanical properties of improved multi-grid composite wall, the low-cycle reduplicative loading tests of 1/2 scale improved multi-grid composite wall were carried out. Through the analysis of testing phenomenon and final test results, the main failure patterns and failure processes of the walls were summarized, and the mechanical characteristics of improved multi-grid composite wall were discussed, then the seismic performance including bearing capacity, ductility, and hysteretic characteristics were researched. The experimental foundations were provided for the further theoretical research and application of improved multi-grid composite wall in practical application.

Calculation Method of the Horizontal Displacement on the Multi-Grid Composite Wall-Shear Wall Structure

The multi-grid composite wall-shear wall structure (the hybrid structure discussed in this paper) is a new dual structural system consisting of the multi-grid composite walls and the RC shear walls. Because of the shear deformation of the composite walls subject to arbitrary loads, it is not accurate to calculate the horizontal displacement of the hybrid structure by using the displacement formulations of the frame-shear wall structure. And therefore, a displacement calculation method for the hybrid structure subjected to horizontal loads should be proposed. In this paper, the composite walls are viewed as shear-flexural type cantilever walls and the shear walls as flexural type cantilever walls. Based on the Timoshenko beam theory, the displacement differential equation of the hybrid structure is proposed by the continuum method. The analytical solutions of the displacement equation for the hybrid structure subject to the inverse triangle load are obtained with boundary conditions. The example indicates that the lateral displacement curve of the hybrid structure from the proposed method exhibits a shear-flexural type characteristic in which the shear deformation should not be ignored.