Research Article
Dec 1974
Thermal Loading of Thin-Shell Concrete Cooling Towers
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VIEW THE REPLYAuthors: Richard D. Larrabee, David P. Billington, M.ASCE, and John F. Abel, M.ASCEAuthor Affiliations
Publication: Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 100, Issue 12
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The behavior of reinforced concrete cooling shells is investigated under the effect of axisymmetric operating thermal loads and nonaxisymmetric solar thermal loads. Analytical and finite element techniques are applied, and stress and displacement results are compared to field measurements on the 420-ft high Martins Creek cooling tower. High flexural stresses due to operating thermal gradients are found to be relieved by meridional cracking of the shell, and the effect of this cracking is examined in relation to cooling-tower design.
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Journal of the Structural Division
Volume 100 • Issue 12 • December 1974
Pages: 2367 - 2383
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© 1974 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 1, 2021
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Richard D. Larrabee
Engr., Souza and True, Cambridge, Mass.; formerly, Undergrad. Student in Civ. Engrg., Princeton Univ., Princeton, N.J.
David P. Billington, M.ASCE
Prof. of Civ. Engrg., Princeton Univ., Princeton, N.J.
John F. Abel, M.ASCE
Asst. Prof. of Struct. Engrg., Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N.Y.; formerly, Lect. in Architecture and Civ. Engrg., Princeton Univ., Princeton, N.J.
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