Research Article

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

Table 5

Eigenvalues of wind and rain loads on internal surface at different heights from conditions 4 to 6.

Height Working condition 4 Working condition 5 Working condition 6
Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()

0.15~0.69H0-12932.800-12856.900-13082.50
0.69~0.76H1.7-1655.10.0014.9-1597.80.00312.1-1614.90.007
0.76~0.83H13.7-1519.70.00919.8-1469.80.01340.6-1485.40.027
0.83~0.90H26.7-1533.00.01750.0-1485.20.03480.3-1501.60.053
0.90~1.00H845.1-1629.30.5191425.3-1584.10.8992781.0-1601.91.736