Abstract:Summary
A cylindrical–conical steel cooling tower (SCT) is a new type of very large thin‐walled, flexible structure. This study focused on the wind loads on the internal and outer surfaces of this structure and its wind‐induced responses. First, using the computational fluid dynamics method, the numerical wind tunnel was conducted to simulate a 189‐m‐high cylindrical–conical SCT, Asia's highest cooling tower that is still under construction. This numerical method was validated by comparing the wind pressures a… Show more
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