Abstract: The stability analysis of natural draught cooling tower shell subjected to nonaxisymmetric wind pressure has been carried out using finite ring elements. In this investigation, concept of a local enhancement of wind pressure ...

Abstract: A finite element analysis of single‐bay two‐span continuous cylindrical shells subjected to support settlements and experimental results on model studies are presented. The experimental investigation confirms the validity ...

Abstract: Results of an experimental investigation on a single‐span cylindrical shell roof subjected to vertical support settlement are presented. Due to rotations associated with vertical support settlement, the diaphragm tries to ...