MODAL ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COOLING TOWERS
| Author(s) | : | Sachin Kulkarni, Prof A.V. Kulkarni |
| Institution | : | P.G Student, Dept of Structural Engineering, BLDEA’S V.P Dr P.G Halakatti College of Engineering & Technology Bijapur |
| Published In | : | Vol. 1, Issue 12 — December 2014 |
| Page No. | : | 280-289 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
This paper deals with the study of modal analysis of hyperbolic cooling towers. Two existing cooling towersare chosen from Bellary thermal power station (BTPS) as case study. FEA based ANSYS Software is used for theanalysis. The boundary conditions considered are Top end free and Bottom end fixed. The material properties of thecooling tower are young’s modulus 31GPa, Poisson’s Ratio 0.15 and density of RCC 25 kN/m3. The analysis is carriedout using 8 noded SHELL 93 element. Natural frequencies, Maximum deflection, Maximum principal stress & strain,Maximum Von Mises stress, strains are obtained. The variation in max principal stress v/s thickness, maximum deflectionv/s thickness is plotted graphically
Sachin Kulkarni, Prof A.V. Kulkarni, “MODAL ANALYSIS OF REINFORCED CONCRETE COOLING TOWERS”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 1, Issue 12, pp. 280-289, December 2014.
