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Abstract
This thesis presents an experimental investigation which studied the structural performance of
ferrocement box shear wall strengthened with webs and subjected to vertical and lateral loads. To
accomplish this objective, an experimental program was conducted. The experimental program
comprised casting and testing of ten box ferrocement and reinforced shear walls were cast and
cured for 28-days before testing, the dimensions of all test specimens were kept constant of
dimensions 150x800x1500mm. After complete hardening of concrete, 28 days, the specimens were
taken out of the curing room and left to dry for 24 hours. After drying, the specimens were painted
with white paint to facilitate tracking of cracks upon testing. These walls are organized in four
groups, group number one is the four specimens were control specimens using reinforced and
ferrocement concrete while group number two is two specimens were supported with ribs as two
box cross section, group number three is two specimens were ferrocement wall reinforced with
expanded wire mesh and group number four is two specimens were ferrocement wall reinforced
with welded wire mesh. The parameters of type of steel reinforcement; welded and expanded wire
meshes and presence ribs were investigated on the structural responses failure in terms of; ultimate
load, mode of failure, first crack load, service load and ductility ratio. The results showed superior
high ultimate load and strength gain could be obtained by using ferrocement than reinforced
concrete, the structural performance of the ferrocement box shear wall with webs (ribs) is better
than those walls without ribs and the ferrocement walls reinforced with double layers of welded
wire meshes has better structural behavior than those walls reinforced with expanded wire meshes.
Also, all the tested walls were simulated using ANSYS program to study the behavior of the
tested walls up to failure. Additionally comparing the results of the developed theoretical models
with test results were presented and gave good results comparing with the experimental results.