Abstract:Three kinds of panel material including import OSB, board plywood and board Huaqi panel and two kinds of frame material including import SPF and board fir wood were used to make of wall specimen. Considering different materials of panel and frame, five group of walls were made. They were tested under monotonic and cyclic loads respectively, and the effects of different materials of panel and frame on the strength, stiffness, ultimate displacement and energy dissipation of shear walls were studied. Experimental results show that plywood can be used to make shear wall because of the good shear performance shown in experiment. However, the shear performance of the wall with Huaqi plate is poor, So it is better to be used as reserve in practice. The shear performance of the wall whose studs are made with fir wood is worse than the wall adopting SPF as its studs; and comparing with standard wall, the shear performance of the wall made with plywood and fir wood obviously goes down.