Research Article

Earthquake Response Analysis of Tall Reinforced Concrete Chimneys considering Eccentricity

Table 8

Maximum earthquake tensile stresses of the 150 m high chimney ignoring vertical eccentricities.

HighSerial number
1234567891011MeanStandard deviation

5−12.713−7.405−8.992−13.313−3.442−10.154−5.158−7.275−2.661−5.482−6.441−7.5493.476
15−13.689−7.593−8.485−14.183−2.785−10.792−5.623−7.339−2.313−5.516−7.092−7.7653.883
25−14.737−7.445−9.195−14.689−2.622−11.050−5.718−7.167−2.953−5.404−7.922−8.0824.101
35−16.038−5.984−9.391−15.677−2.783−9.446−5.863−6.125−3.703−4.969−8.241−8.0204.412
45−19.887−5.361−9.031−15.521−4.038−7.266−5.923−6.521−3.986−4.520−8.731−8.2535.066
55−22.010−5.296−8.157−14.138−4.718−7.033−6.395−7.338−3.525−4.671−8.345−8.3305.348
65−20.442−7.589−9.998−16.058−3.955−11.176−7.868−8.750−3.820−6.332−9.822−9.6194.957
75−18.744−10.206−14.035−20.320−4.984−15.659−8.765−10.409−5.016−8.449−11.561−11.6505.078
85−17.127−12.362−14.803−21.183−4.995−18.267−8.545−10.835−4.926−9.392−11.886−12.2115.259
95−19.308−14.363−15.150−21.096−5.158−20.466−8.701−12.565−4.347−9.829−11.888−12.9885.778
105−20.735−15.441−17.201−19.442−5.141−21.169−9.351−14.565−4.676−9.461−10.996−13.4715.938
115−20.512−14.054−17.158−18.152−6.723−18.408−9.040−13.521−5.411−8.833−9.374−12.8355.232
125−16.682−10.576−13.862−14.924−6.909−13.614−7.317−10.586−5.691−7.308−7.275−10.4313.814
135−9.702−5.606−9.130−8.663−5.585−7.096−4.223−6.238−4.007−4.296−4.774−6.3022.067
145−3.090−1.589−3.339−2.557−2.419−1.928−1.258−2.233−1.350−1.345−1.680−2.0720.717