The goal of this investigation was to produce a zirconia-family black ceramics that has enhanced functionality andreliability. Color zirconia ceramics have been produced by adding pigments. Pigments cause structural defects within zirconiaand result in a drop in physical properties. Using environmentally friendly rice husk, we produced a black zirconia that is freeof structural defects. In optimal firing conditions for black zirconia the calcining temperatures of the molding product arechanged from 400oC to 1200oC, and the firing temperatures are changed from 1400oC to 1600oC. Color of testing the specimenswas analyzed using Ultraviolet (UV) spectroscopy. Scanning Electron Microscope (SEM), EDAX (EDX), and Fourier transforminfrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) analyses were carried out in order to examine impregnation properties and crystal phases.Universial Test Machine (UTM) was used to measure the flexual strength as well as the compressive strength. Fromexperimental results, it was found that in optimal firing conditions the sample was calcined from 1000oC to 1500oC. Commissioninternationalde I’Edairage (CIE) values of manufactured black zirconia color were L*=29.73, a*=0.23, b*=−2.68. Thebending strength was 918 MPa and the compressive strength was 2676 MPa. These strength values are similar to typicalstrength values of zirconia, which confirms that carbon impregnation did not influence physical properties.

In this paper, performance based design method was applied to the special shear wall system to verify the cost effective approach of the method. Linear dynamic analysis, inelastic dynamic analysis and inelastic static analysis are used to analyze for comparing to the strength-based design method in economic performance. Simulation result shows that was shown the construction cost savings was achieved by reducing the amount of reinforcement steel when applying the performance based design method.