Design and Analysis of Pile Foundation for Large Steel Air Cooling Tower
In recent years,air cooling towers have been rapidly developing in China.Compared with traditional concrete cooling towers,the steel towers have a lighter overall weight,so design of the foundation is different.It is necessary to conduct specialized design and research on the foundation based on the characteristics of steel air cooling towers,analyze the mechanical characteristics,simplify the detailing,and improve the economy.Taking a large steel cooling tower with a height of 189.5m as an example,adopting analysis model combined with upperstructure and foundation,this paper introduces the pile foundation design of steel cooling tower.Upperstructure reactions,foundation details and key points in design are discussed,and mechanical characteristics of the foundation pile and ring raft under various control load conditions are analyzed and summarized,which will be helpful to the relevant future projects and researches.
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