@article{article_491249, title={ABAQUS Modeling and Investigation of Nuclear Central Cooling Tower Reinforced by CFRP}, journal={ALKÜ Fen Bilimleri Dergisi}, pages={59–70}, year={2019}, author={Dehghanpour, Heydar and Afshari, Faraz and Yılmaz, Kemalettin}, keywords={Cooling tower,ABAQUS modeling,CFRP,Wind load}, abstract={<p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">Concrete is recognized as the most ideal material for
construction of <span style="color:#000000;">cooling towers. </span> Because it is
a relatively durable material to certain chemical environments, gases and high <span style="color:#000000;">temperatures but, being a brittle material, concrete is damaged </span>
when subjected to tensile and <span style="color:#000000;">flexural stresses. In </span>
addition, tensile and flexural stresses in high structures such as towers are
caused by horizontal loads such as wind loads. Therefore, it is important to
examine the materials used in such serious structures and the repair materials
to be applied after construction. In this study, it is aimed to simulate a
super-large reinforced concrete cooling tower using ABAQUS program as a sheet, <span style="color:#000000;">by considering previous studies </span> on the structure of
cooling towers. In the models, <span style="color:#000000;">the strain and stress </span>
behaviors against the wind load were investigated by reinforcing the middle
zone of the tower <span style="color:#000000;">by </span> carbon fiber reinforced
polymer (CFRP) sheets in different thicknesses. </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p> <p class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;" lang="en-us" xml:lang="en-us">  </span> </p> <p> <br /> </p>}, publisher={Alanya Alaaddin Keykubat Üniversitesi}