Palermo, DanMartins-Robalino, Austin Marcelo2023-08-042023-08-042023-08-04https://hdl.handle.net/10315/41313Changes in codes which emphasize performance-based design have increased interest in the use of novel high-performance materials such as Shape Memory Alloys (SMAs) and Engineered Cementitious Composites (ECC). This work looks to model the response of ECC at both small-and large-scale sizes based on experimental data of ECC flexural prisms and shear walls reinforced with ECC. Modelling was conducted using VecTor2, a FEA modelling program widely applied in literature and industry. The applicability of built-in models for fibre-reinforced concrete (FRC), a concrete classification that includes ECC, was examined at a small scale. Lessons learned were applied in large scale modelling of hybrid SMA-steel slender shear walls in original condition and repaired with ECC. Results of small- and large-scale modelling demonstrated the need for further refinement of FRC models to better reflect ECC and allowed for a modelling methodology that provided more accurate load and ductility predictions in examined shear walls.Author owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.Civil engineeringElectronic Thesis or Dissertation2023-08-04Finite element analysisEngineered cementitious compositesShape memory alloysSlender shear wallSeismic resilience