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Characteristics of wind loading on internal surface and its effect on wind-induced responses of a super-large natural-draught cooling tower

  • Zou, Yun-feng (School of Civil Engineering, Central South University) ;
  • Fu, Zheng-yi (School of Civil Engineering, Central South University) ;
  • He, Xu-hui (School of Civil Engineering, Central South University) ;
  • Jing, Hai-quan (School of Civil Engineering, Central South University) ;
  • Li, Ling-yao (School of Civil Engineering, Central South University) ;
  • Niu, Hua-wei (Wind Engineering Research Center, Hunan University) ;
  • Chen, Zheng-qing (Wind Engineering Research Center, Hunan University)
  • Received : 2018.08.11
  • Accepted : 2019.04.26
  • Published : 2019.10.25
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Abstract

Wind loading is one of important loadings that should be considered in the design of large hyperbolic natural-draught cooling towers. Both external and internal surfaces of cooling tower are under the action of wind loading for cooling circulating water. In the previous studies, the wind loads on the external surface attracted concernedly attention, while the study on the internal surface was relatively ware. In the present study, the wind pressure on the internal surface of a 220 m high cooling tower is measured through wind tunnel testing, and the effect of ventilation rate of the packing layer on internal pressure is a major concern. The characteristics of internal wind pressure distribution and its effect on wind-induced responses calculated by finite element method are investigated. The results indicate that the wind loading on internal surface of the cooling tower behaves remarkable three-dimensional effect, and the pressure coefficient varies along both of height and circumferential directions. The non-uniformity is particularly strong during the construction stage. Analysis results of the effect of internal pressure on wind-induced responses show that the size and distribution characteristics of internal pressure will have some influence on wind-induced response, however, the outer pressure plays a dominant role in the wind-induced response of cooling tower, and the contribution of internal pressure to the response is small.

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Supported by : National Natural Science Foundations of China, Natural Science Foundations of Hunan Province

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