## 1 Introduction  
With the accelerated process of global urbanization, the construction industry has developed rapidly, and large-scale, environmental, and efficient construction is becoming more urgent in civil engineering. Prefabricated structures, based on industrialization, are a prevalent way to meet this requirement. The prefabricated structure is a structure system where the structural components are prefabricated by way of industrial production, and then assembled on-site [1], which has been used globally for its economic and environmental benefits [2; 3].  
The reinforced masonry shear wall (RMSW) structure is one of the most popular building forms, applied in medium- and high-rise buildings, because of its advantages in construction cost and efficiency as well as its good bearing capacity [4]. Nonetheless, it should be noted that the conventional RMSWs have some defects, due to the cleaning-hole blocks in the bottom layer of the shear wall, such as a complicated construction procedure and reduced integrity [5]. Furthermore, it is not appropriate for the trend of prefabrication and industrialization in the current construction market. Accordingly,a new type of prefabricated reinforced masonry shear wall (PRMSW) is proposed in order to overcome these shortcomings. The major structural components of PRMSW (e.g., the hollow masonry walls) are mechanized products made of concrete blocks, in factory, with the horizontal reinforcement applied according to the design requirement, and the cleaning-hole blocks are eliminated during production. After the prefabricated walls are transported to the construction site, the shear walls are lifted and assembled, with the vertical reinforcement fixed to the floor. Then, the hollow walls are fully grouted, with the blocks acting as templates. Due to industrialization and mechanized construction, this type of structural system has the advantages of small workload, low cost, excellent quality, and environmental protection [2; 3; 5]. It could be expected; therefore, that the PRMSW structures may have wide applications in the construction market.  
The RMSW have two typical failure modes (i.e., the flexural failure and the shear failure). Compared with the relatively brittle shear failure [6; 7; 8], the flexural failure, which is characterized by tensile yielding of the vertical rebar and compression crushing of the wall toe, is the favored failure mode due to its ductile nature and good energy dissipation capacity [9]. Numerous studies on the seismic performance of RMSW failing in flexure have been carried out in the last few decades [10; 11; 12]. The effects of the axial stress, aspect ratio, and the reinforcement on the flexural behavior of RMSW were evaluated [13; 14; 15]. However, the seismic performance of PRMSW is seldom investigated. It is of great importance to investigate the seismic behavior of the PRMSW, and thereby promote its application in seismic areas.  
The primary aim of this study was to evaluate the seismic behavior of the new type of PRMSW. Five full-scale fully-grouted prefabricated reinforced masonry walls were failure-tested under reversed cyclic loading. The test parameters were the axial compression ratio and the distribution of vertical reinforcement. The failure pattern and the hysteresis curves were obtained for all specimens, and seismic performance indexes such as the drift, displacement ductility, stiffness, energy dissipation, and equivalent viscous damping ratio were considered. The numerical simulation of the test walls was conducted with ABAQUS [16]. This study may contribute to the theoretical research and the practical engineering application of the PRMSW.