The main function of a shear wall is to increase the rigidity and strength of the building for lateral resistance. Reinforced concrete shear walls represent a structurally efficient solution to stiffen a building structural system under lateral loads. The FE results indicated that the proposed configuration of CFRP laminates substantially increases the lateral load strength and deformation capacity of the shear wall with openings and also improves the ductility and energy dissipation of the shear wall. The proposed FE model has been validated using previous experimental data in literature. This paper focuses on developing a 3D high-reliability dynamic nonlinear finite element model on ABAQUS theory manual and users’ manual, version 6.10 ( 2010) to simulate the behavior of shear walls with openings strengthened with FRP wraps to investigate their seismic response under the monotonic loads. This necessitates the strengthening of the opening rim with FRP wraps. Making openings in existing shear wall decrease the overall structural capacity and integrity of the wall, in addition to stress concentrations around the openings. Introducing openings in existing shear walls may be due to remodeling or municipality considerations, such as placement of staircases, windows, doors and elevators. Reinforced concrete shear walls are one of the most widely used lateral load structural resisting elements in high rise buildings.
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