Abstract：
Experimental work on 16 reinforced concrete grillage shear wall specimens is introduced?郾Among them 8 specimens have the shear span ratios not larger than 1?郾0 and 8 specimens have shear span ratios of 1?郾96 to 3?郾06?郾 The experiment was performed under a constant vertical load and cyclic lateral loads?郾The results show that the failure pattern of the grillage shear walls is the shear failure of horizontal elements and concrete crush at the bottom of the end vertical elements?郾 Grillage shear walls have a large number of energy dissipation elements and have large plastic deformation capacity?郾 Results of finite element analysis and/or test show that the grillage shear wall can be equivalent as the reinforced concrete shear wall, to calculate its lateral stiffness, its shear strength and its flexural strength under compressive force?郾
