Innovative modelling of dynamic wind action on Solar Updraft Towers at large heights

Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Structural Dynamics, EURODYN 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3567-3574

  Borri, Claudio ^a   Lupi, Francesca ^a   Niemann, Hans Juergen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^b Technologiezentrum Ruhr   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dynamic vibrations; Solar updraft tower; Stiffening rings; Stochastic response; Thin reinforced concrete shells; Ultra high structures; Vortex shedding; Wind loading

Indexed keywords

COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; REINFORCED CONCRETE; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; STRUCTURAL DYNAMICS; UNCERTAINTY ANALYSIS; VORTEX SHEDDING;

DYNAMIC VIBRATION; REINFORCED CONCRETE SHELLS; SOLAR UPDRAFT TOWERS; STIFFENING RINGS; STOCHASTIC RESPONSE; ULTRA-HIGH; WIND LOADING;

TOWERS;

EID: 84959867907     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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