ABSTRACT
The experimental tests of prestressed shear walls briefly summarised below are described in detail in Budelmann et al. (2004). Four walls were tested, with dimensions and extra loads like walls used for stiffening of buildings with three floors. All walls had a height of 2.5 m and thickness of 0.175 m. In these static cyclic tests only the ground floors were considered as they are most critical under seismic action.
