Research Article

Soil-Structure Interaction Analysis of Tall Reinforced Concrete Chimney with Piled Raft and Annular Raft under Along-Wind Load

Table 2

Maximum values of tip deflection, tangential, and radial moments in chimney.

Rigid base analysisSoil-structure interaction analysis
Soil type / = 12.5 / = 17.5 / = 22.5
RPRRPRRPR

Tip deflection of chimney (m)
0.573S10.7260.6600.8230.7200.9350.770
S20.6380.6140.6840.6400.7170.657
S30.5930.5860.6050.5950.6120.601
S40.5710.5700.5740.5730.5760.575

Tangential bending moment (kNm)
12.31S194.0467.33148.9996.69190.62118.73
S261.7448.9879.4761.0891.4768.80
S337.7335.1542.4439.0045.5541.24
S426.7926.6128.1427.7629.0328.51

Radial bending moment (kNm)
85.71S1626.18448.50987.56640.541260.00784.22
S2411.48326.86526.83405.52604.69455.57
S3252.43235.47282.65260.20302.65274.50
S4180.50179.37189.06186.68194.67191.48