Research Article

Wind Load Characteristics and Action Mechanism on Internal and External Surfaces of Super-Large Cooling Towers under Wind-Rain Combined Effects

Table 4

Eigenvalues of wind and rain loads on internal surface at different heights from conditions 1 to 3.

Height Working condition 1 Working condition 2 Working condition 3
Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()

0.15~0.69H0-9331.4.00-9298.600-9023.50
0.69~0.76H2.1-1101.70.0023.1-1103.00.0035.4-1096.00.005
0.76~0.83H9.5-1011.30.00918.4-1014.80.01832.9-1007.80.033
0.83~0.90H42.6-1020.80.04285.0-1026.50.083157.3-1018.60.154
0.90~1.00H1264.1-1081.91.1682265.8-1091.02.0773955.7-1082.23.655