.. , _________________________ Gb __ ti_, .... ,--- • ...", ..... , _. -- • 1 NON-LINEAR RESPONSE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COUPLING SLAB WITH DROP PANEL IN EARTHQUAKE- RESISTING SHEAR WALL STRUCTURES hy ALBERT KEE WAH LIM Dcpartrncnt of Civil Engineering and Applicd Mcclumics McGill University Montréal, Canada July 1989 A thesis subrnitted to the Faculty of Gradllate St1ll1iPH and Rescarch in partial fulfillmcnt of the requircmcllts for the dcgrcc of Mastcr of Engillccrillg © Albert K.W. Lim 1989