Hamed Hasani - M.Sc in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand,Iran
Saeid Paknehad - M.Sc student in Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birjand,Birjand,Iran
Atefeh Soleymani - Ph.D. Student of Structural Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, Shahid Bahonar University of Kerman, Kerman, Iran
Mohammad Bashir Azizi - B.Sc. Student of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand,Iran
Fatemeh Shahbaziaval - B.Sc. Student of Civil Engineering, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand,Iran
Hashem Jahangir - Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran

Reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls are among the most important structural elements in a concrete or steel made building. In some cases, due to mechanical and architectural reasons, the RC shear walls need to have some openings. These walls are vulnerable to seismic loads and should be monitored all the time to detect their initial cracks and damages. In this paper, a Finite Element Method (FEM) was utilized to detect the damages of the numerical model of two RC shear walls with an opening. The results showed that the proposed FEM technique is capable of identifying the location and severity of different damages in the numerical model.

Finite Element Method (FEM), RC Shear Wall, Openings, Damage identification.