Paper Title
Influence of Elongation Degree on The Behavior of R/C Structural Walls With Maximum Code-Prescribed Reinforcement Ratio

Abstract
The current work is experimental and investigates one of the most basic parameters affecting the stability of structural walls, which is the elongation degree of the longitudinal reinforcement of the boundary edges of load-bearing walls. The research work consists of 5 test specimens of scale 1:3 simulating the boundary edges of structural walls. All specimens were reinforced with the same longitudinal reinforcement ratio. The amount of reinforcement chosen resulted to the maximum code-prescribed reinforcement ratio (4.02%). The degree of tensile strain applied was different for each specimen and it took values equal to 0‰, 10‰, 20‰, 30‰ and 50‰. The present paper tries to investigate the influence of elongation degree of tensile strain to the behavior of seismic walls subjected to reversed loading. Keywords - Elongation Degree, Structural Walls, Reinforcement Ratio, Longitudinal.