Abstract:The simulations of the nonlinear response of quasi-static tests of HSC shear wall specimens with different shear span ratios under reversed cyclic type loading was carried out. The finite element model based on Modified Compression Field Theory (MCFT) and Disturbed Stress Field Model (DSFM), respectively, is used for HSC shear wall specimens. The hysteretic curves and skeleton curves are compared with the experimental results. The results shows that the simulative hysteretic curves, failure modes and cracking patterns of the finite element models, based on DSFM, is more consistent with the experiment results compared with MCFT. This fully shows that the finite element models, based on DSFM, could simulate the hysteretic Characteristics of HSC shear wall specimens well.