Tiancan Huang1, Hao Zhou2,*, Hamid Beiraghi3
CMES-Computer Modeling in Engineering & Sciences, Vol.123, No.2, pp. 691-715, 2020, DOI:10.32604/cmes.2020.09046
Abstract Large cooling towers in thermal power plants and nuclear power plants are likely
to suffer from strong earthquakes during service periods. The resulting destructions of the
cooling towers would endanger the power plants and threaten the security of the related
areas. It is important to use effective means to evaluate the safety status of the cooling
towers and guide further precautions as well as retrofitting efforts. This paper is therefore
focused on an elaborate numerical investigation to the earthquake-induced collapses of a
large cooling tower structure. A complete numerical work for simulation of material
failure, component fracture, structural buckling and… More >
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