Abstract：In this work, a novel steel plate wall-corrugated steel plate shear wall is proposed. Two different forms of corrugated steel damping wall specimens have been designed and manufactured. The failure modes of two corrugated steel damping wall specimens are studied at low-frequency cyclic loading test, then hysteresis curve, skeleton curve, ductility, stiffness and energy dissipation performance are investigated systematically. The test results indicate that, both corrugated steel damping walls have high ultimate bearing capacity and initial stiffness, whose buckling bearing capacities are relatively high and yield displacements are relatively small. Thus the proposed novel damping wall can be apt to plasticity range. The hysteretic curve is relatively plump with less shrinkage. As compared with horizontal corrugated steel, vertical corrugated steel plate shear wall shows higher post-yield bearing capacity and possesses more remarkable hysteretic performance. Test results demonstrate that the proposed corrugated steel plate shear wall, which can have high shear capacity and energy dissipation ability with the proper design of parameter, may have a broad prospect as a new lateral force resisting member and energy dissipation device in the near future.
