Research Article

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

Table 6

Eigenvalues of wind and rain load on internal surface at different heights from conditions 7 to 9.

Height Working condition 7 Working condition 8 Working condition 9
Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()Rain load (N)Wind load (kN) Ratio ()

0.15~0.69H0-15368.800-14985.900-15297.40
0.69~0.76H2.6-1782.30.0014.1-1868.80.0027.1-1723.90.004
0.76~0.83H10.5-1640.10.00617.6-1714.70.01025.0-1582.20.016
0.83~0.90H38.6-1663.40.02363.0-1734.00.036104.2-1600.80.065
0.90~1.00H726.9-1777.10.4091389.8-1846.80.7542693.1-1706.61.578