Prestressed concrete towers
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| # | Name | Country | height |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CN Tower | Canada | 553 m |
| 2 | Ostankino Tower | Russia | 537.4400 m |
| 3 | Liberation Tower | Kuwait | 372 m |
| 4 | Fernsehturm Brotjacklriegel | Germany | 100.3000 m |
| 5 | Csepel Water Tower | Hungary | 73 m |
| 6 | Orebro Water Tower | Sweden | 58 m |
| 7 | Maikkula Water Tower | Finland | 55 m |
| 8 | Ghlin Water Tower | Belgium | 52.5000 m |
| 9 | Nuremberg Airport Control Tower | Germany | 50 m |
| 10 | Boynton Beach Water Tower | USA | 49.3000 m |
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Ventikas I & II – One of the highest capacity wind parks in Mexico
In April 2014, Acciona Energy was awarded a new wind farm project known as Ventikas I & II. The wind park is one of the highest capacity wind farms in Mexico. Acciona will operate the new park for 20 years. ... [more]
69 new towers for the Itarema Wind Park, Brazil
The Itarema Complex in the federal state of Ceará in northeastern Brazil consists of several wind parks. In total, 69 new wind towers consisting of prefabricated concrete segments and rotor diameters of 125 m and 116 m were erected there ... [more]
Kuwait’s secret landmarks are water towers
Water is a valuable commodity in Kuwait – bottled water is even more expensive than petrol. Consequently, the six water towers that were built in the Al Jahra area in Kuwait City are an investment of decisive importance for cities in tha ... [more]
Literature
- (2020): Beam-column modeling and seismic fragility analysis of a prestressed segmental concrete tower for wind turbines. In: Advances in Structural Engineering, v. 23, n. 8 (January 2020), pp. 136943321990029.
- (2021): Behavior study of prestressed concrete wind-turbine tower in circular cross-section. In: Engineering Structures, v. 227 (January 2021), pp. 111403.
- (1972): Los depositos de hormigón pretensado. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 23, n. 103 (2nd Quarter 1972), pp. 69-74.
- (2017): Economic viability of ultra high-performance fiber reinforced concrete in prestressed concrete wind towers to support a 5 MW turbine. In: Revista IBRACON de Estruturas e Materiais, v. 10, n. 1 (February 2017), pp. 1-14.
- (1975): Proyecto de torre de transmisión, de 33 m de altura, para 500 kV. In: Hormigón y acero, v. 26, n. 114 (1st Quarter 1975), pp. 89-95.
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