The figure shows a proposed design for the upper section of an axisymmetric cooling tower, which is to be made of concrete of density 2300 kg/m^3.
Find the minimum value of the shell thickness t if the tower must be capable of sustaining an internal pressure 2kPa at A and 5kPa at B without inducing tensile membrane stresses at these points. With your choice of t, do you expect there to be tensile stresses elsewhere in the tower and if so where?
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The figure shows a proposed design for the upper section of an axisymmetric cooling tower, which is to be made of concrete of density 2300 kg/m^3.
Find the minimum value of the shell thickness t if the tower must be capable of sustaining an internal pressure 2kPa at A and 5kPa at B without inducing tensile membrane stresses at these points. With your choice of t, do you expect there to be tensile stresses elsewhere in the tower and if so where?
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