Research Article

Earthquake Response Analysis of Tall Reinforced Concrete Chimneys considering Eccentricity

Table 14

Maximum earthquake tensile stresses of the 150 m high chimney when only horizontal seismic acceleration is inputted.

HighSerial number
1234567891011MeanStandard deviation

5−14.019−7.073−10.794−13.376−3.065−9.883−5.107−7.404−2.917−6.109−7.146−7.8993.748
15−13.568−6.946−8.764−14.184−2.128−10.529−5.319−7.538−2.438−6.015−7.459−7.7173.918
25−13.396−6.049−9.673−14.268−2.217−10.586−5.134−7.319−2.751−5.799−7.994−7.7443.943
35−14.760−4.852−9.829−14.309−2.644−8.895−4.731−6.290−3.085−5.040−7.879−7.4834.145
45−18.971−3.749−12.950−15.797−3.562−6.153−4.989−5.575−3.317−3.663−7.614−7.8495.499
55−20.940−3.856−14.872−16.458−3.938−5.793−5.151−5.917−3.675−3.466−8.690−8.4326.123
65−22.465−7.073−14.037−17.207−3.647−10.650−6.376−8.108−4.479−5.484−10.224−9.9775.836
75−22.721−9.433−16.977−18.920−4.644−15.423−7.684−10.420−5.601−8.588−11.544−11.9965.779
85−20.043−10.301−16.678−19.349−4.152−17.961−8.200−11.508−4.973−11.015−12.732−12.4475.513
95−22.737−13.287−16.842−21.924−5.111−19.726−9.137−12.996−4.815−11.834−12.481−13.7176.121
105−24.485−14.367−18.594−22.963−5.152−18.972−9.762−13.993−5.724−11.670−11.579−14.2976.413
115−23.410−12.647−24.355−21.682−6.705−15.693−8.900−12.975−6.598−11.093−9.727−13.9806.490
125−20.313−9.584−23.734−16.823−7.219−10.906−6.540−9.631−6.598−8.641−8.727−11.7015.879
135−11.408−4.711−15.196−8.484−5.553−4.981−3.266−5.171−4.017−4.446−5.039−6.5703.671
145−2.166−0.757−3.138−1.419−1.330−0.772−0.624−1.151−0.790−0.775−0.950−1.2610.764