Specimen W-60-N2: Structural wall with 60db lap splices at the base and without boundary-element confinement subjected to lateral displacement reversals of increasing amplitude up to failure

The longitudinal reinforcement was lap spliced at the base of the wall. The length of the lap splices was 60 bar diameters. It did not have boundary-element confinement.

The wall was subjected to lateral displacement reversals of increasing amplitude up to failure. A constant axial load of approximately 10%f'c*Ag was applied.

The detail of the ties in this specimen was different from specimens W-MC-C, W-MC-N, W-60-C, and W-40-C (see drawings). The wall has a smaller (1/2 in.) clear spacing between vertical bars in the boundary elements compared to specimens W-60-C, W-60-N, and W-40-C.