Comprehensive investigation into wind-induced aerodynamic and aeroelastic effects of large cooling towers

As typical thin-wall flexible structures, large cooling towers are of critical sensitivity to wind loads during its life-cycle. It's introduced systematically the research development of large cooling towers made by Tongji wind-resistance group during the past decades, including the study on statistic characteristics of the wind load from the full-scale observation, experiment and analysis of wind-induced structural responses, multi-objective structural optimization, the study on wind-induced loads and effects under disaster climates, the development of the self-developed whole process integration software platform, and so on. Some key problems in engineering application and fundamental investigation discovered during the development of large cooling towers in China have been resolved successfully.