“…A number of different composite shear wall systems were also studied by various researchers for the purpose of improving the ductility of conventional reinforced concrete (RC) shear walls. This includes research on composite shear wall panels conducted by Morino [5], Mo and Perng [6], Li et al [7], Hossain and Wright [8], Zhao and Abolhassan [9], Emori [10], Link and Elwi [11], and Wright [12], and research on RC walls with steel or composite boundary elements conducted by Tong et al [13], Hajjar et al [14], Saari, et al [15], Liauw and Kwan [16], Makino [17], Cho et al [18], Esaki and Ono [19], and Huang and Zhao [20].…”