Cooling Towers
Cooling Towers
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Anybody knows any basic material on cooling Towers?
Why the are so tall and curved, S-shaped?
Any source for determination of lateral loads on this structures?
Thank you
Why the are so tall and curved, S-shaped?
Any source for determination of lateral loads on this structures?
Thank you






RE: Cooling Towers
There might be textbooks that address these. But I'm sure there's a lot of application of ASCE 7 for wind and seismic. But most of these designs are delegated to specialty firms, like Research Cottrell.
RE: Cooling Towers
I don't know about ASCE 7. On nuclear plants, there are separate standards for seismic loading, etc., and I don't know if those extend to peripheral items like the cooling towers. In any event, a large expensive odd-shaped structure that is expected to interact with the atmosphere to function would be a prime candidate for wind tunnel tests.
RE: Cooling Towers
ASCE 7-10 chapters 13 and 15 have seismic and other loading related information relating to cooling towers.
RE: Cooling Towers
Anyone has any article that has wind load calcs possibly as a sample?
I am stuck here. Thanks for any help.