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Through the high material efficiency, design flexibility, and automation levels provided, 3D printing can revolutionize the way buildings are designed and built. The seismic behavior of 3D-printed load bearing elements remains generally underexplored. To that scope, the structural design of a two-story building is investigated. The proposed methodology involves finite element models and stress analysis of critical structural members. The performance of the studied walls is further investigated using 3D solid element models and nonlinear constitutive laws to validate structural adequacy. Different printing patterns and structural details of unreinforced and reinforced 3D-printed concrete walls are analyzed through parametric analyses. The results indicate the acceptable response of 3D-printed load bearing elements, under certain construction configurations, as required by the existing regulatory framework. The proposed methodology could be applied for the design of such structures and for the optimization of printing patterns and reinforcing details.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/buildings15173205","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,5]],"date-time":"2025-09-05T12:18:18Z","timestamp":1757074698000},"page":"3205","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Seismic Performance Evaluation of 3D-Printed Concrete Walls Through Numerical Methods"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0006-2747-2587","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Alexandros","family":"Chortis","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Experimental Strength of Materials and Structures, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0001-4317-4292","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Charalampos","family":"Gkountas","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Experimental Strength of Materials and Structures, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-9333-4728","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Lazaros","family":"Melidis","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Experimental Strength of Materials and Structures, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6272-1071","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Konstantinos","family":"Katakalos","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Laboratory of Experimental Strength of Materials and Structures, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, 54124 Thessaloniki, Greece"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2025,9,5]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","unstructured":"Apis Cor (2021). 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