Abstract
The safety of hyperbolic cooling towers is important to the continuous operation of a power plant. Depending upon the site, earthquake may govern the design of the tower. Methods of seismic analysis have been presented. It is concluded that the response spectrum method of analysis is of maximum practical use. A method to construct the design response spectra for various earthquake zones is presented. An earthquake motion consists of three components; however, it is shown that designing for one horizontal component only is adequate. The use of boundary conditions and the effects of inelastic action on analysis and design are discussed.
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