
Research and Applications in Structural Engineering, Mechanics and Computation – Zingoni (Ed.)
© 2013 Taylor & Francis Group, London, ISBN 978-1-138-00061-2
Large natural draft cooling towers under earthquake excitation
M. Andres & R. Woermann
Krätzig & Partner Engineering Consultants, Bochum, Germany
D. Casucci
Institute of concrete structures and structural engineering, University of Kaiserslautern, Kaiserslautern, Germany
ABSTRACT: The paper deals with the behavior of large hyperbolic cooling towers under dynamic excitation
of earthquakes.The column support is that component of a cooling tower which leads the entire loading from the
shell into the ...